Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, March 15, 1983 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 5–1 on Tuesday, March 15, 1983 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 32–26.
Goals came from Pierre Mondou, Keith Acton, Ryan Walter, Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Delorme and Blaine Stoughton.
Rick Wamsley made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Mondou (24)Gilbert Delorme (20), Mats Naslund (39)0–118:18 MTL ·
2nd period
Keith Acton (23)Ryan Walter (40)0–202:38 MTL
Ryan Walter (27)Larry Robinson (40), Craig Ludwig (24)0–311:14 MTL · 
Guy Lafleur (22)Ryan Walter (41), Craig Ludwig (25)0–417:19 MTL
3rd period
Gilbert Delorme (12)Robert Picard (26)0–511:31 MTL · 
Blaine Stoughton (39)Ray Neufeld (28), Mark Johnson (31)1–513:38 HFD
Team stats
HFDMTL
2632
0%0%
0/23/9
2814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:45 into the first period
Ed Hospodar · elbowing2 min - 6:45 into the first period
Mario Tremblay · hooking2 min - 12:14 into the first periodChris Nilan · elbowing2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodMark Johnson · holding2 min
- 4:09 into the second periodMike McDougall · holding2 min
- 11:08 into the second periodPierre Lacroix · hooking2 min
- 11:59 into the second periodRay Neufeld · fighting5 min
- 11:59 into the second periodRobert Picard · fighting5 min
- 2:58 into the third periodRay Neufeld · fighting5 min
- 2:58 into the third periodRobert Picard · fighting5 min
- 11:14 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 11:14 into the third periodRobert Sullivan · holding2 min
- 16:52 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:12 into the third periodRon Francis · hooking2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodRuss Anderson · charging2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |