Montréal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, December 29, 1982 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–5 on Wednesday, December 29, 1982 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Canadiens 38–28.
Walt Poddubny scored twice, Rick Vaive scored twice and Mark Napier scored twice. Mario Tremblay, Barry Melrose, Pierre Mondou, Mats Naslund and Billy Harris also scored.
Michel Larocque made 23 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mark Holden stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Walt Poddubny (12)Frank Nigro (6), Peter Ihnacak (19)0–109:03 TOR- Walt Poddubny (13)Unassisted0–213:07 TOR ·
Mario Tremblay (12)Larry Robinson (18), Guy Lafleur (27)1–216:17 MTL ·
2nd period
Rick Vaive (14)Dan Daoust (3), Jim Korn (12)1–305:38 TOR · 
Barry Melrose (1)Greg Terrion (5), Billy Harris (10)1–409:18 TOR
Pierre Mondou (14)Mario Tremblay (17), Mats Naslund (20)2–416:49 MTL
Mark Napier (14)Robert Picard (12), Larry Robinson (19)3–418:17 MTL
3rd period
Mats Naslund (12)Pierre Mondou (17), Mark Napier (19)4–407:38 MTL
Billy Harris (5)Greg Terrion (6), Mike Kaszycki (11)4–508:36 TOR- Rick Vaive (15)John Anderson (20), Dave Farrish (5)4–610:43 TOR ·
- Mark Napier (15)Unassisted5–615:02 MTL
Team stats
MTLTOR
2838
0%0%
1/33/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:17 into the first period
Bob Gainey · holding2 min - 14:17 into the first period
John Anderson · hooking2 min - 18:46 into the first periodMario Tremblay · slashing2 min
- 18:46 into the first periodDan Daoust · slashing2 min
- 3:55 into the second periodBill Root · hooking2 min
- 13:36 into the second periodJim Korn · interference2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodBill Root · hooking2 min
- 9:08 into the third periodBill Root · interference2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodWalt Poddubny · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 31Mark NapierR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Mark HoldenG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 16Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Frank NigroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Dave FarrishD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Marc MagnanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 30Vincent TremblayG | 0 | 0 | – |