The final syndicated episode (01.15.82) is on the DVD set. However, the episode GSN showed from that week was the the Thursday episode.
So wait...the syndicated MG got pulled at midseason its last year?
I think that was just the last new episode of that season, and reruns until the fall. I've seen local TV listings from spring of 1982 that still had Match Game airing.
Syndicated "Match Game" taped WAYYYYYY in advance. For season two, 1980-81, they finished taping the season in December '80. The date quoted for the final syndie week wasn't an airdate, it was a tape date.