New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, January 9, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Sunday, January 9, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 30–22.
Mikko Leinonen scored twice. Mark Pavelich, Don Lever, Jeff Larmer, Rick Meagher and Don Maloney also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Pavelich (19)Dave Maloney (26)0–105:21 NYR
Don Lever (14)Aaron Broten (14)1–118:09 NJD
2nd period
Mikko Leinonen (9)Reijo Ruotsalainen (27), Anders Hedberg (22)1–201:57 NYR · - Mikko Leinonen (10)Don Maloney (21), Robbie Ftorek (13)1–302:55 NYR
Jeff Larmer (9)Hector Marini (15), Steve Tambellini (9)2–309:59 NJD · 
Rick Meagher (10)Paul Gagne (1), Murray Brumwell (8)3–315:34 NJD
3rd period
Don Maloney (22)Ron Duguay (18), Scot Kleinendorst (1)3–411:14 NYR
Team stats
NJDNYR
2230
0%0%
1/51/2
410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:22 into the first period
Reijo Ruotsalainen · interference2 min - 19:16 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · interference2 min - 1:24 into the second periodMurray Brumwell · hooking2 min
- 4:10 into the second periodAnders Hedberg · interference2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodMike Rogers · tripping2 min
- 0:36 into the third periodChris Kontos · hooking2 min
- 3:33 into the third periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 25Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Graeme NicolsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |