New York Rangers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 8, 1982 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the New York Rangers 7–2 on Wednesday, December 8, 1982 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Rangers 36–19.
Denis Savard scored twice. Rick Paterson, Tom Lysiak, Darryl Sutter, Mike Rogers, Rich Preston, Mikko Leinonen and Bill Gardner also scored.
Tony Esposito made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 29 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Paterson (5)Denis Cyr (3), Bill Gardner (7)0–103:11 CHI
Tom Lysiak (9)Keith Brown (13), Doug Crossman (18)0–205:07 CHI · 
Darryl Sutter (9)Rich Preston (7), Tom Lysiak (16)0–316:38 CHI
Denis Savard (11)Al Secord (8), Dave Feamster (3)0–419:43 CHI
2nd period
Mike Rogers (15)Don Maloney (15), Barry Beck (8)1–402:53 NYR · 
Rich Preston (14)Bob Murray (13), Darryl Sutter (14)1–505:53 CHI · - Denis Savard (12)Keith Brown (14), Steve Larmer (15)1–608:04 CHI ·
3rd period
Mikko Leinonen (6)Mike Rogers (24), Dave Maloney (16)2–601:18 NYR
Bill Gardner (8)Denis Cyr (4), Rick Paterson (4)2–703:33 CHI
Team stats
NYRCHI
1936
0%0%
1/33/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:26 into the first period
Rob McClanahan · hooking2 min - 7:33 into the first periodRon Duguay · hooking2 min
- 10:07 into the first period
Peter Marsh · hooking2 min - 2:39 into the second periodTom Lysiak · tripping2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
- 6:49 into the second periodNick Fotiu · holding2 min
- 11:31 into the second periodDarryl Sutter · tripping2 min
- 5:19 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 36 | 7 | .806 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 11Denis CyrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |