Hartford Whalers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 23, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Hartford Whalers 11–3 on Wednesday, February 23, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 37–28.
Mark Pavelich scored 5 goals and Mark Johnson scored twice. Vaclav Nedomansky, Don Maloney, Kent-Erik Andersson, Barry Beck, Mike Rogers, Eddie Johnstone and Michel Galarneau also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 26 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Pavelich (24)Scot Kleinendorst (4), Mikko Leinonen (23)0–101:17 NYR · 
Vaclav Nedomansky (10)Mikko Leinonen (24), Scot Kleinendorst (5)0–202:15 NYR · 
Mark Johnson (25)Robert Sullivan (16)1–215:52 HFD
Don Maloney (28)Eddie Johnstone (11), Tom Laidlaw (6)1–317:52 NYR
Kent-Erik Andersson (6)Robbie Ftorek (18), Nick Fotiu (11)1–418:36 NYR- Mark Pavelich (25)Mikko Leinonen (25), Vaclav Nedomansky (13)1–519:50 NYR ·
2nd period
Barry Beck (9)Eddie Johnstone (12), Don Maloney (31)1–600:09 NYR- Mark Pavelich (26)Scot Kleinendorst (6), Rob McClanahan (19)1–709:06 NYR
Mike Rogers (24)Don Maloney (32), Eddie Johnstone (13)1–811:07 NYR- Mark Johnson (26)Ron Francis (50), Risto Siltanen (22)2–812:52 HFD ·
Eddie Johnstone (11)Don Maloney (33), Mike Rogers (43)2–917:41 NYR
Michel Galarneau (3)Ray Neufeld (24), Mike McDougall (8)3–919:00 HFD
3rd period
- Mark Pavelich (27)Rob McClanahan (20), Tom Laidlaw (7)3–1008:40 NYR
- Mark Pavelich (28)Tom Laidlaw (8)3–1108:51 NYR
Team stats
HFDNYR
2837
0%0%
1/33/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:13 into the first period
Stuart Smith · hooking2 min - 2:04 into the first periodRobert Sullivan · tripping2 min
- 4:11 into the first period
Barry Beck · holding2 min - 19:24 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · hooking2 min
- 1:25 into the second periodChris Kontos · tripping2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodMark Pavelich · hooking2 min
- 11:02 into the third periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 11:02 into the third periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Michel GalarneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 37 | 11 | .703 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 40Mark PavelichC | 5 | 0 | 5 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 34Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 23Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |