New Jersey Devils vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, October 22, 1983 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New Jersey Devils 8–3 on Saturday, October 22, 1983 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Devils 32–13.
Ken Houston scored a hat trick and Charlie Simmer scored twice. Jim Fox, Pat Verbeek, Aaron Broten, Marcel Dionne, Mel Bridgman and Russ Anderson also scored.
Mike Blake made 10 saves on 13 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Fox (3)Bernie Nicholls (5), Mark Hardy (3)0–101:50 LAK · 
Pat Verbeek (3)Don Lever (2), Bob Lorimer (3)1–105:07 NJD
Ken Houston (1)Charlie Simmer (4), Wes Jarvis (3)1–209:27 LAK
Aaron Broten (2)Jeff Larmer (1)2–214:13 NJD
Charlie Simmer (3)Marcel Dionne (6), Ken Houston (1)2–315:16 LAK
2nd period
Marcel Dionne (3)Jay Wells (4), Bernie Nicholls (6)2–400:30 LAK · 
Mel Bridgman (1)Bob MacMillan (3), Richard Chernomaz (1)3–411:17 NJD
3rd period
- Ken Houston (2)Marcel Dionne (7), Charlie Simmer (5)3–503:02 LAK
Russ Anderson (1)Jim Fox (6), Bernie Nicholls (7)3–605:01 LAK- Charlie Simmer (4)Marcel Dionne (8), Ken Houston (2)3–712:11 LAK
- Ken Houston (3)Charlie Simmer (6), Marcel Dionne (9)3–812:43 LAK
Team stats
NJDLAK
1332
0%0%
0/32/8
2113
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Hector Marini · holding2 min - 6:53 into the first periodPhil Russell · hooking2 min
- 11:34 into the first period
Brian MacLellan · holding2 min - 18:01 into the first periodAaron Broten · interference2 min
- 18:17 into the first periodBernie Nicholls · interference2 min
- 18:36 into the first periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 7:28 into the second periodDave Cameron · roughing2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodWes Jarvis · holding2 min
- 18:35 into the second periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 19:53 into the second periodMarcel Dionne · tripping2 min
- 7:21 into the third periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 14:10 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodRuss Anderson · fighting5 min
- 17:13 into the third periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry FloydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 14 | 4 | .714 | |
| 30Ron LowG | L | 18 | 4 | .778 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 25Ken HoustonR | 3 | 2 | 5 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Mike BlakeG | W | 13 | 3 | .769 |