Hartford Whalers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, October 25, 1983 · The Forum
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–5 on Tuesday, October 25, 1983 at The Forum. The Whalers outshot the Kings 41–27.
Bernie Nicholls scored a hat trick and Blaine Stoughton scored twice. Mike Zuke, Mark Johnson, Norm Dupont, Sylvain Turgeon, Bob Crawford, Ron Francis, Charlie Simmer and Kevin Lavallee also scored.
Mike Veisor made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 33 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Zuke (2)Mark Johnson (5), Norm Dupont (3)1–001:41 HFD ·
2nd period
Bernie Nicholls (9)Jim Fox (7), Brian MacLellan (4)1–102:51 LAK · - Bernie Nicholls (10)John Paul Kelly (1), Russ Anderson (4)1–212:34 LAK
Mark Johnson (4)Risto Siltanen (4), Mike Zuke (3)2–214:10 HFD · - Bernie Nicholls (11)Unassisted2–315:08 LAK ·
Norm Dupont (2)Ray Neufeld (6), Mark Johnson (6)3–316:07 HFD ·
3rd period
Sylvain Turgeon (3)Mark Johnson (7), Blaine Stoughton (1)4–302:24 HFD · 
Bob Crawford (5)Greg Malone (4), Ed Hospodar (2)5–302:52 HFD · 
Ron Francis (1)Richie Dunn (3), Sylvain Turgeon (4)6–304:59 HFD
Blaine Stoughton (4)Ron Francis (8), Sylvain Turgeon (5)7–309:06 HFD- Blaine Stoughton (5)Ron Francis (9), Sylvain Turgeon (6)8–309:56 HFD
Charlie Simmer (5)Bernie Nicholls (8), Marcel Dionne (10)8–416:52 LAK · 
Kevin Lavallee (2)Terry Ruskowski (1)8–517:58 LAK
Team stats
HFDLAK
4127
0%0%
5/62/5
1211
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:22 into the first period
Russ Anderson · slashing2 min - 2:27 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · holding2 min - 2:10 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · cross checking2 min
- 7:24 into the second periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 9:36 into the second periodGreg Malone · hooking2 min
- 13:18 into the second periodRuss Anderson · interference2 min
- 14:51 into the second periodMark Hardy · hooking2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodJay Wells · fighting5 min
- 15:50 into the third periodEd Hospodar · slashing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Norm DupontL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Mike VeisorG | W | 27 | 5 | .815 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 41 | 8 | .805 |
| 30Mike BlakeG | 0 | 0 | – |