New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, March 8, 1983 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Rangers 7–3 on Tuesday, March 8, 1983 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Rangers 32–29.
Kevin McCarthy scored twice and Rick Lanz scored twice. Darcy Rota, Stan Smyl, Dave Maloney, Vaclav Nedomansky, Patrik Sundstrom and Reijo Ruotsalainen also scored.
Richard Brodeur made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 8 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin McCarthy (10)Thomas Gradin (42), Richard Brodeur (1)0–104:09 VAN
Darcy Rota (33)Thomas Gradin (43), Jiri Bubla (28)0–211:20 VAN · 
Stan Smyl (31)Doug Halward (27), Darcy Rota (28)0–311:51 VAN · 
Rick Lanz (6)Thomas Gradin (44)0–419:40 VAN ·
2nd period
- Kevin McCarthy (11)Unassisted0–500:19 VAN
Dave Maloney (8)Reijo Ruotsalainen (42), Mike Rogers (46)1–516:03 NYR ·
3rd period
Vaclav Nedomansky (12)Reijo Ruotsalainen (43), Mikko Leinonen (30)2–506:34 NYR · 
Patrik Sundstrom (19)Ron Delorme (6)2–614:45 VAN
Reijo Ruotsalainen (12)Anders Hedberg (29), Mark Pavelich (33)3–617:38 NYR- Rick Lanz (7)Thomas Gradin (45), Stan Smyl (36)3–718:03 VAN
Team stats
NYRVAN
2932
0%0%
2/53/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:43 into the first period
Blair MacDonald · holding2 min - 9:57 into the first period
Mark Pavelich · hooking2 min - 10:54 into the first periodKent-Erik Andersson · high sticking2 min
- 12:04 into the first periodPatrik Sundstrom · hooking2 min
- 19:25 into the first periodMark Pavelich · holding2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodLars Lindgren · tripping2 min
- 15:07 into the second periodTony Tanti · hooking2 min
- 6:23 into the third periodGarth Butcher · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 34Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 12 | 4 | .667 |
| 35Steve BakerG | 20 | 3 | .850 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |