Los Angeles Kings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, January 8, 1983 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Los Angeles Kings 7–5 on Saturday, January 8, 1983 at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Frank Nigro scored twice. Jim Benning, Walt Poddubny, Mike Murphy, Rick Chartraw, Gaston Gingras, John Anderson, Dean Hopkins, Terry Ruskowski, Borje Salming and Charlie Simmer also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 32 saves on 37 shots for the win; Gary Laskoski stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Benning (4)Dan Daoust (15), John Anderson (26)0–104:46 TOR · 
Frank Nigro (5)Peter Ihnacak (22), Walt Poddubny (13)0–208:40 TOR · 
Walt Poddubny (15)Dave Farrish (8), Gaston Gingras (12)0–311:32 TOR
Mike Murphy (10)Brian MacLellan (1), Bernie Nicholls (13)1–312:46 LAK
Rick Chartraw (3)Unassisted2–313:22 LAK
2nd period
- Frank Nigro (6)Walt Poddubny (14), Borje Salming (19)2–407:36 TOR
Gaston Gingras (2)Unassisted2–508:23 TOR
John Anderson (11)Dan Daoust (16), Dave Farrish (9)2–611:32 TOR
Dean Hopkins (1)Daryl Evans (14), Marcel Dionne (20)3–612:15 LAK
Terry Ruskowski (2)Jim Fox (21), Mark Hardy (13)4–617:49 LAK ·
3rd period
Borje Salming (5)Dan Daoust (17)4–700:25 TOR
Charlie Simmer (11)Terry Ruskowski (13), Jim Fox (22)5–704:50 LAK
Team stats
LAKTOR
3737
0%0%
1/32/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:36 into the first period
Bernie Nicholls · hooking2 min - 10:33 into the first periodRick Chartraw · tripping2 min
- 15:46 into the first period
Borje Salming · holding2 min - 17:21 into the first periodJim Korn · interference2 min
- 15:01 into the second periodDean Hopkins · roughing2 min
- 15:01 into the second periodRick Vaive · roughing2 min
- 15:52 into the second periodBilly Harris · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodJerry Korab · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRick Vaive · roughing2 min
- 19:21 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 19:21 into the third periodBernie Nicholls · cross checking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 10Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Warren HolmesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Ulf IsakssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 30Mike BlakeG | 7 | 3 | .571 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 32Frank NigroC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Dave FarrishD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 37 | 5 | .865 |