🪶 Away Blackhawks 29-8-0 before this game

1–4

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 15-23-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CHI	0	1	0	1
DET	1	0	3	4

Blackhawks at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Blackhawks 4–1 at Little Caesars Arena on December 31, 1982.

🗓 Fri, Dec 31, 1982 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1982-83 🔁 Blackhawks lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Danny Gare

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Joe Paterson

1 G

4 shots · +1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Derek Smith

1 G

4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Mark Osborne PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:48

Assists: Danny Gare, Reed Larson

0–1

2nd period

🪶 Darryl Sutter PP Tying 2nd · 12:53

Assists: Denis Savard, Keith Brown

1–1

3rd period

🐙 Joe Paterson Go-ahead 3rd · 02:42

Assists: Reggie Leach, Colin Campbell

1–2

🐙 Derek Smith 3rd · 17:14

Assists: John Ogrodnick

1–3

🐙 Danny Gare Empty net 3rd · 19:26

Assists: Dwight Foster

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🪶CHI DET🐙

21 Shots on goal 28

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/1

4 Penalty minutes 8

CHI shooting 4.8% (1/21) DET shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🪶Blackhawks

Murray Bannerman

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:44 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Corrado Micalef

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 29-8 (78% win rate, 37 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 15-23 (39% win rate, 38 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Blackhawks lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ CHI vs DET, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Red Wings on December 31, 1982?

Red Wings won 4–1.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Red Wings?

The final score was Blackhawks 1, Red Wings 4.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Darryl Sutter.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Danny Gare, Derek Smith, Joe Paterson, Mark Osborne.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Murray Bannerman made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Corrado Micalef made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Blackhawks vs Red Wings season series?

Blackhawks lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🪶Blackhawks

Previous game · Dec 29

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 29

Also on December 31, 1982

Blackhawks season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule