Detroit Red Wings vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 9, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Hartford Whalers 6–5 on Wednesday, February 9, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Red Wings 37–22.
Goals came from Doug Sulliman, Mark Osborne, Paul Lawless, Robert Sullivan, Mark Lofthouse, Dwight Foster, Mike Blaisdell, Stuart Smith, John Ogrodnick, Mike McDougall and Murray Craven.
Corrado Micalef made 32 saves on 37 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 16 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Sulliman (20)Ron Francis (46), Mike McDougall (6)0–100:38 HFD
Mark Osborne (12)Stan Weir (22), Mike Blaisdell (18)1–102:30 DET
Paul Lawless (3)Mark Renaud (18), Ray Neufeld (21)1–208:04 HFD
Robert Sullivan (12)Mark Renaud (19), Mark Johnson (24)1–317:34 HFD ·
2nd period
Mark Lofthouse (4)John Barrett (6), Walt McKechnie (21)2–306:19 DET
Dwight Foster (13)Reed Larson (33), Reggie Leach (11)3–309:00 DET · 
Mike Blaisdell (15)Stan Weir (23)4–309:33 DET
Stuart Smith (1)Robert Sullivan (13), Mark Renaud (20)4–412:16 HFD
3rd period
John Ogrodnick (28)Unassisted5–410:07 DET
Mike McDougall (5)Mickey Volcan (8), Doug Sulliman (14)5–510:23 HFD
Murray Craven (2)Danny Gare (23), John Ogrodnick (30)6–513:08 DET
Team stats
DETHFD
2237
0%0%
1/21/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:30 into the first period
John Barrett · interference2 min - 13:47 into the first periodWillie Huber · roughing2 min
- 13:47 into the first period
Merlin Malinowski · interference2 min - 15:46 into the first periodDanny Gare · hooking2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodJim Schoenfeld · holding2 min
- 19:26 into the first periodMike McDougall · hooking2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodStuart Smith · hooking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Stan WeirC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mark LofthouseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Corrado MicalefG | W | 37 | 5 | .865 |
Hartford Whalers
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Stuart SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Dan FridgenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Mike VeisorG | L | 22 | 6 | .727 |