New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, December 30, 1982 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 33–28.
Anders Hedberg scored twice. Robbie Ftorek, Bob MacMillan, Joel Quenneville, Mike Rogers and Mike Allison also scored.
Eddie Mio made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Robbie Ftorek (5)Anders Hedberg (19), Reijo Ruotsalainen (20)1–003:40 NYR
Anders Hedberg (13)Robbie Ftorek (6), Ron Duguay (15)2–016:04 NYR
2nd period
Bob MacMillan (8)Aaron Broten (12)2–109:11 NJD ·
3rd period
Joel Quenneville (3)Unassisted2–206:17 NJD · 
Mike Rogers (20)Unassisted3–209:50 NYR- Anders Hedberg (14)Unassisted4–212:15 NYR
Mike Allison (6)Nick Fotiu (6)5–219:52 NYR
Team stats
NYRNJD
2833
0%0%
0/41/6
3622
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:16 into the first period
Don Lever · hooking2 min - 4:30 into the first period
Mike Allison · interference2 min - 8:53 into the first periodAnders Hedberg · holding2 min
- 10:23 into the first periodDon Maloney · tripping2 min
- 13:50 into the first periodBrent Ashton · holding2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodJan Ludvig · fighting5 min
- 8:13 into the second periodJohn Wensink · charging2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodJohn Wensink · roughing2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodMark Pavelich · interference2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodMark Pavelich · fighting5 min
- 8:13 into the second periodAndre Dore · roughing2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodRob McClanahan · game misconduct10 min
- 13:01 into the second periodDon Maloney · holding2 min
- 14:50 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:26 into the third periodDave Cameron · holding2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 10:23 into the third periodJohn Wensink · slashing2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodMark Pavelich · slashing2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodNick Fotiu · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
New Jersey Devils
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |