New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, October 8, 1982 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Friday, October 8, 1982 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Rangers outshot the Devils 23–17.
Goals came from Steve Tambellini, Anders Hedberg, Bob MacMillan, Mark Pavelich and Merlin Malinowski.
Glenn Resch made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; John Davidson stopped 14 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Tambellini (1)Don Lever (1), Hector Marini (2)0–104:49 NJD ·
2nd period
Anders Hedberg (1)Rob McClanahan (1), Bill Baker (1)1–102:31 NYR
Bob MacMillan (1)Don Lever (2)1–211:18 NJD
Mark Pavelich (2)Reijo Ruotsalainen (1), Mikko Leinonen (1)2–211:37 NYR
Merlin Malinowski (2)Joe Cirella (1), Bob MacMillan (2)2–317:06 NJD ·
Team stats
NYRNJD
2317
0%0%
0/62/5
5143
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:06 into the first period
Bill Baker · hooking2 min - 5:32 into the first period
John Wensink · hooking2 min - 11:25 into the first periodBob Lorimer · hooking2 min
- 16:58 into the first periodBill Baker · holding2 min
- 18:02 into the first periodDon Lever · slashing2 min
- 18:02 into the first periodDave Maloney · slashing2 min
- 3:59 into the second periodSteve Tambellini · hooking2 min
- 13:18 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 15:19 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · holding2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1:29 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 9:21 into the third periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 9:21 into the third periodMike Rogers · roughing2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodJoe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDave Hutchison · slashing2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDave Hutchison · fighting5 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDave Hutchison · misconduct10 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDave Hutchison · game misconduct10 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDave Maloney · charging2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDave Maloney · fighting5 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDave Maloney · game misconduct10 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDon Maloney · holding2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDon Maloney · misconduct10 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDon Maloney · game misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30John DavidsonG | L | 17 | 3 | .824 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |