Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 16, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 on Sunday, October 16, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Flyers outshot the Rangers 36–34.
Pierre Larouche scored twice. Thomas Eriksson, Don Maloney, Doug Crossman, Rick MacLeish, Dave Maloney, Brian Propp and Peter Sundstrom also scored.
Steve Weeks made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Eriksson (1)Unassisted1–000:32 PHI
Don Maloney (4)Ron Greschner (5), Mike Rogers (6)1–106:40 NYR · 
Pierre Larouche (4)Reijo Ruotsalainen (6), Don Maloney (6)1–213:14 NYR
2nd period
Doug Crossman (1)Tim Kerr (3)2–201:49 PHI- Pierre Larouche (5)Anders Hedberg (5), Reijo Ruotsalainen (7)2–314:30 NYR ·
Rick MacLeish (3)Dave Poulin (3), Brian Propp (5)3–315:08 PHI
Dave Maloney (4)Reijo Ruotsalainen (8), Mark Pavelich (4)3–418:41 NYR ·
3rd period
Brian Propp (3)Rick MacLeish (5), Brad Marsh (2)4–402:09 PHI
Peter Sundstrom (3)Don Maloney (7), Ron Greschner (6)4–503:57 NYR
Team stats
PHINYR
3634
0%0%
0/83/4
1220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:50 into the first period
Brad McCrimmon · interference2 min - 7:52 into the first period
Dave Maloney · hooking2 min - 10:00 into the first periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
- 19:09 into the first periodBarry Beck · hooking2 min
- 4:10 into the second periodRon Flockhart · holding2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodMark Osborne · slashing2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
- 11:31 into the second periodDon Maloney · cross checking2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodDoug Crossman · tripping2 min
- 16:48 into the second periodRon Sutter · broken stick2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · roughing2 min
- 19:33 into the second periodRobbie Ftorek · high sticking2 min
- 19:33 into the second periodBrian Propp · high sticking2 min
- 8:10 into the third periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
- 13:31 into the third periodJan Erixon · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 21Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Thomas ErikssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Miroslav DvorakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pelle LindberghG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Bob FroeseG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |