Hartford Whalers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, February 20, 1983 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Hartford Whalers 7–2 on Sunday, February 20, 1983 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Whalers 29–22.
Ivan Boldirev scored a hat trick. Mark Osborne, Reggie Leach, Paul Woods, Robert Sullivan, Reed Larson and Ron Francis also scored.
Gilles Gilbert made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Osborne (14)Mike Blaisdell (19), Murray Craven (5)0–117:06 DET
2nd period
Reggie Leach (14)Greg Smith (20), Reed Larson (35)0–201:06 DET
Paul Woods (7)Danny Gare (24), Randy Ladouceur (2)0–303:37 DET
Ivan Boldirev (8)Mike Blaisdell (20)0–407:39 DET- Ivan Boldirev (9)John Ogrodnick (33), Danny Gare (25)0–515:00 DET ·
3rd period
Robert Sullivan (15)Mark Johnson (28), Risto Siltanen (21)1–513:00 HFD · 
Reed Larson (16)Dwight Foster (17), Reggie Leach (14)1–615:23 DET
Ron Francis (22)Mark Johnson (29)2–618:45 HFD · - Ivan Boldirev (10)Mike Blaisdell (21)2–719:12 DET
Team stats
HFDDET
2229
0%0%
2/61/5
4719
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:10 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 18:46 into the first periodMark Johnson · holding2 min
- 19:29 into the first period
Danny Gare · high sticking2 min - 19:29 into the first periodDanny Gare · slashing2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodRuss Anderson · game misconduct10 min
- 19:29 into the first periodRisto Siltanen · slashing2 min
- 10:18 into the second periodJohn Barrett · interference2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodRon Francis · hooking2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodDoug Sulliman · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDanny Gare · slashing2 min
- 12:00 into the third periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 13:01 into the third periodMark Osborne · fighting5 min
- 13:01 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 13:01 into the third periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
- 13:01 into the third periodGreg Adams · game misconduct10 min
- 15:37 into the third periodRobert Sullivan · tripping2 min
- 18:01 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodReed Larson · interference2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 31Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – |