Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 17, 1982 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Kings 33–30.
Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Dave Taylor, Viktor Nechayev, Don Maloney, Charlie Simmer, Dave Maloney and Nick Fotiu also scored.
Gary Laskoski made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Bernie Nicholls (6)Marcel Dionne (5), Jim Fox (7)1–002:06 LAK · 
Dave Taylor (2)Daryl Evans (6)2–013:16 LAK
Viktor Nechayev (1)Daryl Evans (7), Dean Hopkins (1)3–017:15 LAK
2nd period
Don Maloney (2)Eddie Johnstone (3), Dave Maloney (3)3–100:59 NYR
Charlie Simmer (4)Dean Hopkins (2)4–104:06 LAK
Dave Maloney (1)Mike Rogers (5), Reijo Ruotsalainen (4)4–216:48 NYR · - Bernie Nicholls (7)Jim Fox (8), Charlie Simmer (2)5–219:47 LAK ·
3rd period
Nick Fotiu (1)Reijo Ruotsalainen (5), Mike Allison (3)5–302:26 NYR
Team stats
LAKNYR
3033
0%0%
2/31/3
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:01 into the first period
Andre Dore · tripping2 min - 7:08 into the first period
Pierre Giroux · fighting5 min - 7:08 into the first periodNick Fotiu · fighting5 min
- 10:04 into the first periodDave Taylor · interference2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodMike Murphy · tripping2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodJay Wells · slashing2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodRon Duguay · slashing2 min
- 10:17 into the second periodNick Fotiu · slashing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodDave Lewis · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodDave Lewis · fighting5 min
- 14:25 into the second periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodBarry Beck · fighting5 min
- 16:30 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · interference2 min
- 18:19 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Viktor NechayevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Pierre GirouxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Peter HelanderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
New York Rangers
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |