Detroit Red Wings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, January 3, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–2 on Monday, January 3, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Red Wings outshot the Rangers 32–23.
Chris Kontos scored twice. Reijo Ruotsalainen, Rob McClanahan, Dwight Foster, Ron Duguay, Don Maloney and Bobby Francis also scored.
Steve Weeks made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (6)Mike Rogers (32), Mark Pavelich (18)0–113:39 NYR · 
Rob McClanahan (12)Robbie Ftorek (11), Andre Dore (12)0–217:34 NYR
2nd period
Dwight Foster (9)Danny Gare (20), Reed Larson (25)1–201:18 DET
Ron Duguay (13)Mark Pavelich (19)1–310:06 NYR
Chris Kontos (2)Anders Hedberg (20)1–417:32 NYR
Don Maloney (19)Mike Rogers (33), Mikko Leinonen (17)1–518:50 NYR ·
3rd period
- Chris Kontos (3)Mike Rogers (34), Anders Hedberg (21)1–604:16 NYR
Bobby Francis (2)Greg Smith (14)2–607:27 DET
Team stats
DETNYR
3223
0%0%
0/42/5
1513
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:25 into the first period
Reed Larson · hooking2 min - 12:50 into the first periodMurray Craven · holding2 min
- 13:39 into the first periodReed Larson · fighting5 min
- 13:39 into the first period
Don Maloney · fighting5 min - 15:22 into the first periodNick Fotiu · charging2 min
- 19:01 into the first periodAndre Dore · holding2 min
- 4:24 into the second periodColin Campbell · holding2 min
- 12:53 into the second periodJohn Barrett · holding2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodBill Baker · holding2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodTom Rowe · holding2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodKent-Erik Andersson · interference2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 16Bobby FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 31Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Chris KontosC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |