# 1982–83 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1982–83 Pittsburgh Penguins season was their 16th in the National Hockey League. This was the Penguins worst season to date, winning a meager 18 games and accumulating only 45 points: they finished in last place in the NHL, thus ending their four-season playoff streak.
General Manager Baz Bastien was killed as a result of an automobile collision on March 15, 1983. The team wore black armbands on their home jerseys for the remainder of the season in his honor.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Patrick Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 49 | 23 | 8 | 326 | 240 | 106 |
| New York Islanders | 80 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 302 | 226 | 96 |
| Washington Capitals | 80 | 39 | 25 | 16 | 306 | 283 | 94 |
| New York Rangers | 80 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 306 | 287 | 80 |
| New Jersey Devils | 80 | 17 | 49 | 14 | 230 | 338 | 48 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 18 | 53 | 9 | 250 | 394 | 45 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Patrick Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
New Jersey
—0−73−3−12−53−1−30−6−18−22−5
N.Y. Islanders
7−0—4−31−4−25−24−2−121−11−3
N.Y. Rangers
3−3−13−4—3−45−1−13−3−117−15−3
Philadelphia
5−24−1−24−3—5−1−13−421−11−3
Pittsburgh
1−3−32−51−5−11–5–1—1−5−16−23−6
Washington
6−0−12−4−13−3−14–35–1–1—20−11−4
Vs. Adams Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
New Jersey
0−1−20−2−11−21−21−23−9−3
N.Y. Islanders
0−2−11−22−11−0−21−1−15−6−4
N.Y. Rangers
0−30−2−12−11−21−24−10−1
Philadelphia
0−2−11−22−11−23−07−7−1
Pittsburgh
1−21−1−13−01−20−36−8−1
Washington
3−00−32−0−10−1−21−1−16−5−4
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
New Jersey
0−31−1−10−30−2−11−0−22−9−4
N.Y. Islanders
1−1−10−2−10−2−12−12−15−7−3
N.Y. Rangers
0−32−0−12−12−0−13−09−4−2
Philadelphia
1−1−13−01−1−13−02−0−110−2−3
Pittsburgh
0−30−2−10−2−10−31−21−12−2
Washington
2−0−12−11−1−11−1−12−18−4−3
Vs. Smythe Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
New Jersey
1−20−31−21−0−21−24−9−2
N.Y. Islanders
2−0−13−03−02−11−1−111−2−2
N.Y. Rangers
2−0−10−31−1−11−1−11−1−15−6−4
Philadelphia
3−02−12−11−1−13−011−3−1
Pittsburgh
0−31−22−11−21−25−10−0
Washington
2−10−2−11−1−11−1−11−0−25−5−5 :

## Schedule and results

1982–83 Schedule :
October: 3–9–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 0–5–1), 7 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
1Oct 5Pittsburgh Penguins3–3New Jersey DevilsBrendan Byrne Arena0–0–11
2Oct 9New York Rangers5–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena0–1–11
3Oct 10Pittsburgh Penguins3–4Boston BruinsBoston Garden0–2–11
4Oct 12Vancouver Canucks4–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena1–2–13
5Oct 14Pittsburgh Penguins0–9New York IslandersNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum1–3–13
6Oct 16New Jersey Devils6–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena1–4–13
7Oct 20St. Louis Blues5–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena1–5–13
8Oct 21Pittsburgh Penguins4–8Quebec NordiquesQuebec Coliseum1–6–13
9Oct 23Philadelphia Flyers2–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena2–6–15
10Oct 27Washington Capitals5–7Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena3–6–17
11Oct 28Pittsburgh Penguins2–9Philadelphia FlyersThe Spectrum3–7–17
12Oct 30Calgary Flames4–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena3–8–17
13Oct 31Pittsburgh Penguins2–6New York RangersMadison Square Garden (IV)3–9–17 :
November: 5–3–3 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–2–3), 13 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
14Nov 2Pittsburgh Penguins3–1New York IslandersNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum4–9–19
15Nov 4Pittsburgh Penguins4–4New Jersey DevilsBrendan Byrne Arena4–9–210
16Nov 6Pittsburgh Penguins2–6Los Angeles KingsThe Forum4–10–210
17Nov 10Edmonton Oilers4–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena5–10–212
18Nov 13Calgary Flames3–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena5–11–212
19Nov 14Pittsburgh Penguins6–6Buffalo SabresBuffalo Memorial Auditorium5–11–313
20Nov 17Hartford Whalers3–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena6–11–315
21Nov 20Boston Bruins3–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena7–11–317
22Nov 24Toronto Maple Leafs3–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena8–11–319
23Nov 26Pittsburgh Penguins6–6Minnesota North StarsMet Center8–11–420
24Nov 27Pittsburgh Penguins3–5St. Louis BluesThe Checkerdome8–12–420 :
December: 3–9–2 (home: 2–4–2; road: 1–5–0), 8 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
25Dec 1Chicago Black Hawks4–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena8–13–420
26Dec 2Pittsburgh Penguins4–5Washington CapitalsCapital Centre8–14–420
27Dec 4Philadelphia Flyers0–0Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena8–14–521
28Dec 8Buffalo Sabres2–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena9–14–523
29Dec 11Quebec Nordiques7–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena9–15–523
30Dec 12Pittsburgh Penguins3–4Philadelphia FlyersThe Spectrum9–16–523
31Dec 15Detroit Red Wings4–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena9–16–624
32Dec 18Washington Capitals3–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena9–17–624
33Dec 20Pittsburgh Penguins3–6New York RangersMadison Square Garden (IV)9–18–624
34Dec 21Pittsburgh Penguins3–2Hartford WhalersHartford Civic Center Coliseum10–18–626
35Dec 23Pittsburgh Penguins4–6Detroit Red WingsJoe Louis Arena10–19–626
36Dec 26New York Rangers3–4Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena11–19–628
37Dec 28Pittsburgh Penguins3–6Washington CapitalsCapital Centre11–20–628
38Dec 29St. Louis Blues6–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena11–21–628 :
January: 1–12–1 (home: 1–5–1; road: 0–7–0), 3 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
39Jan 1New York Islanders1–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena12–21–630
40Jan 2Pittsburgh Penguins1–5Montreal CanadiensMontreal Forum12–22–630
41Jan 7Pittsburgh Penguins2–7Edmonton OilersNorthlands Coliseum12–23–630
42Jan 9Pittsburgh Penguins3–4Winnipeg JetsWinnipeg Arena12–24–630
43Jan 12Minnesota North Stars7–0Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena12–25–630
44Jan 13Pittsburgh Penguins1–8Philadelphia FlyersThe Spectrum12–26–630
45Jan 15Montreal Canadiens8–7Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena12–27–630
46Jan 19New Jersey Devils1–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena12–27–731
47Jan 22Quebec Nordiques7–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena12–28–731
48Jan 24Pittsburgh Penguins2–8Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leaf Gardens12–29–731
49Jan 26Washington Capitals6–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena12–30–731
50Jan 28Pittsburgh Penguins2–7Washington CapitalsCapital Centre12–31–731
51Jan 29New York Rangers2–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena12–32–731
52Jan 31Pittsburgh Penguins2–3New Jersey DevilsBrendan Byrne Arena12–33–731 :
February: 3–11–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 0–8–0), 6 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
53Feb 2Pittsburgh Penguins4–7Chicago Black HawksChicago Stadium12–34–731
54Feb 4Pittsburgh Penguins4–6Winnipeg JetsWinnipeg Arena12–35–731
55Feb 5Pittsburgh Penguins4–7Calgary FlamesStampede Corral12–36–731
56Feb 9Vancouver Canucks6–2Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena12–37–731
57Feb 10Pittsburgh Penguins3–7Boston BruinsBoston Garden12–38–731
58Feb 12Los Angeles Kings4–6Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena13–38–733
59Feb 15Detroit Red Wings7–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena13–39–733
60Feb 17Pittsburgh Penguins1–4New York IslandersNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum13–40–733
61Feb 19Edmonton Oilers10–7Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena13–41–733
62Feb 21Pittsburgh Penguins2–4Toronto Maple LeafsMaple Leaf Gardens13–42–733
63Feb 23Winnipeg Jets4–6Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena14–42–735
64Feb 24Pittsburgh Penguins3–6Philadelphia FlyersThe Spectrum14–43–735
65Feb 26New Jersey Devils4–5Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena15–43–737
66Feb 28Pittsburgh Penguins3–9New York RangersMadison Square Garden (IV)15–44–737 :
March: 3–7–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 2–3–1), 8 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
67Mar 1New York Rangers3–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena15–44–838
68Mar 4Pittsburgh Penguins2–10Buffalo SabresBuffalo Memorial Auditorium15–45–838
69Mar 6Philadelphia Flyers5–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena15–46–838
70Mar 10New York Islanders4–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena15–47–838
71Mar 12Pittsburgh Penguins7–2Hartford WhalersHartford Civic Center Coliseum16–47–840
72Mar 13Chicago Black Hawks4–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena16–48–840
73Mar 16Pittsburgh Penguins2–3Minnesota North StarsMet Center16–49–840
74Mar 19Pittsburgh Penguins7–4Los Angeles KingsThe Forum17–49–842
75Mar 21Pittsburgh Penguins3–7Vancouver CanucksPacific Coliseum17–50–842
76Mar 26Pittsburgh Penguins4–4Washington CapitalsCapital Centre17–50–943
77Mar 27New York Islanders4–1Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena17–51–943
78Mar 30Montreal Canadiens2–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena18–51–945 :
April: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0), 0 Points
#DateVisitorScoreHomeLocationRecordPoints
79Apr 2Pittsburgh Penguins3–6New York IslandersNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum18–52–945
80Apr 3New Jersey Devils5–3Pittsburgh PenguinsCivic Arena18–53–945 :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Doug Shedden | 80 | 24 | 43 | 67 | –20 | 54 |
| Rick Kehoe | 75 | 29 | 36 | 65 | –45 | 12 |
| Greg Malone | 80 | 17 | 44 | 61 | –29 | 82 |
| Randy Carlyle | 61 | 15 | 41 | 56 | –26 | 110 |
| Pat Boutette | 80 | 27 | 29 | 56 | –33 | 152 |
| Paul Gardner | 70 | 28 | 27 | 55 | –23 | 12 |
| Mike Bullard | 57 | 22 | 22 | 44 | –21 | 60 |
| Dave Hannan | 74 | 11 | 22 | 33 | –28 | 127 |
| Paul Baxter | 75 | 11 | 21 | 32 | –49 | 238 |
| Greg Hotham | 58 | 2 | 30 | 32 | –14 | 39 |
| Peter Lee | 63 | 13 | 13 | 26 | –9 | 10 |
| André St. Laurent | 70 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 105 |
| Anders Håkansson$^†$ | 62 | 9 | 12 | 21 | –11 | 26 |
| Randy Boyd | 56 | 4 | 14 | 18 | –36 | 71 |
| Steve Gatzos | 44 | 6 | 7 | 13 | –16 | 52 |
| Pat Price$^‡$ | 38 | 1 | 11 | 12 | –19 | 104 |
| Gary Rissling | 40 | 5 | 4 | 9 | –17 | 128 |
| Kevin McClelland | 38 | 5 | 4 | 9 | –18 | 73 |
| Ron Meighan | 41 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –10 | 16 |
| Marc Chorney | 67 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –30 | 66 |
| Tony Feltrin | 32 | 3 | 3 | 6 | –11 | 40 |
| Pat Graham | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –6 | 16 |
| Rick MacLeish | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | –5 | 2 |
| Doug Lecuyer | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –2 | 12 |
| Tim Hrynewich | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –6 | 48 |
| Rod Buskas | 41 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –15 | 102 |
| Stan Jonathan$^†$ | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –8 | 13 |
| Jim Hamilton | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –2 | 2 |
| Bobby Simpson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 |
| George Ferguson$^‡$ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –7 | 2 |
| Rod Schutt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 0 |
| Ian Turnbull | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3 | 4 |
| Rob Garner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennett Wolf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 37 |
| Brian Lundberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | 2 |
| Rich Sutter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 257 | 427 | 684 | — | 1,817 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Michel Dion | 49 | 2791:00 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 198 | 4.26 | 1511 | 0.869 | 0 |
| Denis Herron | 31 | 1707:00 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 151 | 5.31 | 931 | 0.838 | 1 |
| Nick Ricci | 3 | 147:00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6.53 | 77 | 0.792 | 0 |
| Roberto Romano | 3 | 155:00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6.97 | 96 | 0.813 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4800:00 | 18 | 53 | 9 | 383 | 4.79 | 2615 | 0.854 | 1 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only.

## Awards and records

* Paul Baxter established a new franchise record for lowest plus-minus with –51. He topped the previous record of –39 held by Ken Schinkel.
* fewest wins in team history (18; broken in 1983–84)
* fewest points in team history (45; broken in 1983–84)

## Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1982–83 season:

### Trades

| September 15, 1982 | To Montreal Canadiens 1985 3rd round pick (Bruce Racine) | To Pittsburgh Penguins Denis Herron |
| October 28, 1982 | To Minnesota North Stars George Ferguson 1983 1st round pick (Brian Lawton) | To Pittsburgh Penguins Anders Hakansson Ron Meighan 1983 1st round pick (Bob Errey) |
| November 8, 1982 | To Boston Bruins cash | To Pittsburgh Penguins Stan Jonathan |

### Additions and subtractions

Additions :
| Player | Former team | Via |
| Marty McSorley | Belleville Bulls (OHL) | free agency (1982-07-30) |
| Doug Lecuyer | Winnipeg Jets | waiver draft (1982-10-04) |
| Ian Turnbull | Los Angeles Kings | free agency (1982-10-04) |
| Phil Bourque | Kingston Canadians (OHL) | free agency (1982-10-04) |
| Roberto Romano | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) | free agency (1982-12-06) |
| Darren Lowe | Canadian national team | free agency (1983–02) |
Subtractions :
| Player | New team | Via |
| Pat Price | Quebec Nordiques | waivers (1982-12-31) |

## Draft picks

The 1982 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 9, 1982, in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 10 | Richard Sutter | Right wing | Canada | Lethbridge Broncos (WHL) |
| 2 | 38 | Tim Hrynewich | Left wing | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 3 | 52 | Troy Loney | Left wing | Canada | Lethbridge Broncos (WHL) |
| 5 | 94 | Grant Sasser | Center | United States | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 7 | 136 | Grant Couture | Defense | Canada | Lethbridge Broncos (WHL) |
| 8 | 157 | Peter Derksen | Left wing | Canada | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
| 9 | 178 | Greg Gravel | Center | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 10 | 199 | Stu Wenaas | Defense | Canada | Winnipeg Warriors (WHL) |
| 11 | 220 | Chris McCauley | Center | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 12 | 241 | Stanley Bautch | Goaltender | United States | Hibbing H.S. (Minn.) |