New Jersey Devils vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, October 20, 1982 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New Jersey Devils 7–4 on Wednesday, October 20, 1982 at The Forum. The Devils outshot the Kings 34–29.
Marcel Dionne scored twice. Mike Kitchen, Mike Murphy, Charlie Simmer, Hector Marini, Bernie Nicholls, Rick Meagher, Jim Fox, Ulf Isaksson and Carol Vadnais also scored.
Gary Laskoski made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Lindsay Middlebrook stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Marcel Dionne (2)Dave Taylor (2), Ulf Isaksson (2)0–102:54 LAK · 
Mike Kitchen (1)Jukka Porvari (1), Aaron Broten (6)1–111:59 NJD
2nd period
Mike Murphy (1)Steve Bozek (2)1–203:12 LAK
Charlie Simmer (5)Jim Fox (9), Bernie Nicholls (3)1–306:48 LAK
Hector Marini (4)Steve Tambellini (2)2–309:59 NJD
Bernie Nicholls (8)Charlie Simmer (3), Jim Fox (10)2–413:49 LAK
3rd period
- Marcel Dionne (3)Dave Taylor (3)2–501:19 LAK
Rick Meagher (2)Aaron Broten (7)3–503:18 NJD · 
Jim Fox (3)Charlie Simmer (4), Peter Helander (1)3–603:59 LAK
Ulf Isaksson (3)Dave Taylor (4)3–704:46 LAK
Carol Vadnais (2)Unassisted4–708:47 NJD
Team stats
NJDLAK
3429
0%0%
1/41/3
2118
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:22 into the first period
Carol Vadnais · holding2 min - 7:27 into the first period
Bernie Nicholls · holding2 min - 14:03 into the first periodDave Taylor · slashing2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodJay Wells · fighting5 min
- 14:43 into the first periodHector Marini · fighting5 min
- 16:42 into the first periodCarol Vadnais · holding2 min
- 2:28 into the third periodMark Hardy · roughing2 min
- 10:39 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
- 17:25 into the third periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 17:25 into the third periodDave Hutchison · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:25 into the third periodDave Hutchison · fighting5 min
- 17:25 into the third periodDave Hutchison · slashing5 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jukka PorvariR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 88Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | L | 28 | 7 | .750 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 28Ulf IsakssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Peter HelanderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Viktor NechayevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |