Detroit Red Wings vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Sunday, March 20, 1983 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Sunday, March 20, 1983 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Red Wings 27–23.
Thomas Gradin scored twice. Mark Kirton, Darcy Rota, Paul Woods, John Ogrodnick, Doug Halward, Mark Lofthouse and Gary Lupul also scored.
Richard Brodeur made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Kirton (5)Jim Nill (14), Dave Williams (13)0–108:25 VAN
Darcy Rota (38)Jim Nill (15), Kevin McCarthy (27)0–213:48 VAN
2nd period
Paul Woods (12)Unassisted1–202:44 DET
John Ogrodnick (36)Mark Lofthouse (2), Ivan Boldirev (35)2–211:05 DET
Doug Halward (18)Stan Smyl (44), Darcy Rota (32)2–313:29 VAN · 
Mark Lofthouse (8)John Ogrodnick (41), Ivan Boldirev (36)3–315:11 DET
Gary Lupul (15)Unassisted3–419:06 VAN ·
3rd period
Thomas Gradin (30)Doug Halward (30), Stan Smyl (45)3–502:59 VAN · - Thomas Gradin (31)Stan Smyl (46)3–609:33 VAN
Team stats
DETVAN
2327
0%0%
0/43/5
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:13 into the first period
Danny Gare · roughing2 min - 0:13 into the first period
Harold Snepsts · roughing double minor4 min - 4:49 into the first periodColin Campbell · interference2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · holding2 min
- 12:17 into the second periodMark Osborne · hooking2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodPatrik Sundstrom · holding2 min
- 18:13 into the second periodMike Blaisdell · holding2 min
- 2:06 into the third periodDwight Foster · tripping2 min
- 9:07 into the third periodDanny Gare · roughing2 min
- 9:07 into the third periodHarold Snepsts · roughing2 min
- 15:26 into the third periodDave Williams · holding2 min
- 17:59 into the third periodGreg Smith · interference2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mark LofthouseR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
| 31Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |