Toronto Maple Leafs vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, February 26, 1983 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 on Saturday, February 26, 1983 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Maple Leafs 42–26.
Goals came from Doug Smith, Dave Taylor, Larry Murphy, Bernie Nicholls, Marcel Dionne, Peter Ihnacak, Mark Hardy and Jim Benning.
Markus Mattsson made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Smith (7)Mark Hardy (21), Howard Scruton (1)0–101:49 LAK
Dave Taylor (13)Marcel Dionne (39), Howard Scruton (2)0–209:09 LAK
Larry Murphy (10)Dave Taylor (21), Mark Hardy (22)0–310:38 LAK · 
Bernie Nicholls (23)Jerry Korab (21)0–417:35 LAK
2nd period
Marcel Dionne (41)Mark Hardy (23), Dave Taylor (22)0–500:38 LAK · 
Peter Ihnacak (22)Gary Nylund (2)1–502:35 TOR
Mark Hardy (4)Jim Fox (36), Jerry Korab (22)1–608:53 LAK ·
3rd period
Jim Benning (5)Rick Vaive (24), John Anderson (42)2–608:53 TOR
Team stats
TORLAK
2642
0%0%
0/33/4
1311
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:09 into the first period
Jim Benning · holding2 min - 10:59 into the first periodDave Farrish · high sticking2 min
- 14:55 into the first period
Howard Scruton · tripping2 min - 19:58 into the first periodPeter Ihnacak · holding2 min
- 7:07 into the second periodJohn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · slashing2 min
- 5:24 into the third periodDean Hopkins · fighting5 min
- 5:24 into the third periodBarry Melrose · fighting5 min
- 6:51 into the third periodCharlie Simmer · hooking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Gary NylundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Frank NigroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 31Robert ParentG | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 20Mark HardyD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 2Howard ScrutonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Markus MattssonG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |