Hartford Whalers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, October 26, 1982 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Hartford Whalers 8–1 on Tuesday, October 26, 1982 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Whalers 40–24.
Stan Smyl scored twice. Ivan Hlinka, Curt Fraser, Darcy Rota, Rick Lanz, Patrik Sundstrom, Merlin Malinowski and Lars Lindgren also scored.
Richard Brodeur made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 32 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Stan Smyl (6)Gerry Minor (2), Jim Nill (3)0–104:43 VAN- Stan Smyl (7)Thomas Gradin (6), Rick Lanz (3)0–210:31 VAN ·
Ivan Hlinka (4)Curt Fraser (3), Stan Smyl (6)0–312:39 VAN
Curt Fraser (3)Lars Molin (2), Thomas Gradin (7)0–416:11 VAN · 
Darcy Rota (4)Ivan Boldirev (6), Rick Lanz (4)0–519:47 VAN
2nd period
Rick Lanz (1)Thomas Gradin (8)0–603:39 VAN ·
3rd period
Patrik Sundstrom (3)Thomas Gradin (9), Lars Molin (3)0–703:25 VAN
Merlin Malinowski (4)Unassisted1–712:33 HFD
Lars Lindgren (2)Kevin McCarthy (4), Moe Lemay (3)1–816:22 VAN ·
Team stats
HFDVAN
2440
0%0%
0/14/6
5936
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:43 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · cross checking2 min - 14:23 into the first periodRuss Anderson · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodArchie Henderson · spearing5 min
- 20:00 into the first periodArchie Henderson · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first period
Harold Snepsts · roughing2 min - 10:56 into the second periodPatrik Sundstrom · tripping2 min
- 14:04 into the second periodMark Johnson · holding2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodRay Neufeld · fighting5 min
- 15:22 into the second periodJim Nill · fighting5 min
- 4:18 into the third periodBlake Wesley · hooking2 min
- 9:15 into the third periodRuss Anderson · roughing2 min
- 9:15 into the third periodEd Hospodar · fighting5 min
- 9:15 into the third periodEd Hospodar · game misconduct10 min
- 9:15 into the third periodGarth Butcher · gross misconduct10 min
- 9:15 into the third periodCurt Fraser · roughing2 min
- 9:15 into the third periodDoug Halward · fighting5 min
- 9:15 into the third periodDoug Halward · game misconduct10 min
- 14:36 into the third periodRuss Anderson · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodArchie Henderson · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Archie HendersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 40 | 8 | .800 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Moe LemayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ken EllacottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |