New Jersey Devils vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, February 9, 1983 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 on Wednesday, February 9, 1983 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Devils 31–19.
Goals came from Rick Meagher, Doug Crossman, Bill Gardner, Paul Gagne, Joel Quenneville, Denis Cyr, Steve Larmer, Curt Fraser and Bob MacMillan.
Tony Esposito made 15 saves on 19 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Meagher (13)Murray Brumwell (10), Paul Gagne (6)1–007:30 NJD
2nd period
Doug Crossman (10)Bill Gardner (21)1–106:54 CHI
Bill Gardner (13)Rich Preston (21), Dave Feamster (7)1–207:27 CHI
Paul Gagne (6)Jeff Larmer (9), Carol Vadnais (5)2–208:23 NJD
Joel Quenneville (4)Rick Meagher (11), John Wensink (5)3–210:37 NJD
3rd period
Denis Cyr (6)Steve Ludzik (8), Curt Fraser (10)3–303:29 CHI
Steve Larmer (29)Denis Savard (61), Al Secord (22)3–410:04 CHI
Curt Fraser (9)Steve Ludzik (9), Denis Cyr (8)3–511:10 CHI
Bob MacMillan (12)Tapio Levo (31), Steve Tambellini (14)4–518:14 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDCHI
1931
0%0%
1/40/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:11 into the first period
Dave Feamster · holding2 min - 10:51 into the first periodTroy Murray · cross checking2 min
- 14:39 into the first periodCurt Fraser · cross checking2 min
- 5:14 into the second period
Steve Tambellini · hooking2 min - 6:34 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · holding2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 16Rick MeagherC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Mike AntonovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Curt FraserL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Denis CyrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 19 | 4 | .789 |