Vancouver Canucks vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, November 5, 1983 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 on Saturday, November 5, 1983 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Canucks 32–28.
Goals came from Reed Larson, Steve Yzerman, Rick Lanz, Dave Williams and Tony Tanti.
John Garrett made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Reed Larson (5)Ron Duguay (11), John Ogrodnick (11)0–104:46 DET · 
Steve Yzerman (8)Ron Duguay (12), Greg Smith (7)0–213:52 DET
2nd period
Rick Lanz (4)Gary Lupul (8)1–201:42 VAN · 
Dave Williams (3)Patrik Sundstrom (15), Tony Tanti (12)2–211:40 VAN
3rd period
Tony Tanti (16)Jiri Bubla (15), Patrik Sundstrom (16)3–208:35 VAN ·
Team stats
VANDET
2832
0%0%
2/51/6
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:01 into the first period
Mark Kirton · tripping2 min - 5:37 into the first period
Barry Melrose · elbowing2 min - 9:22 into the first periodRon Delorme · elbowing2 min
- 10:58 into the first periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 16:42 into the first periodDanny Gare · slashing2 min
- 16:42 into the first periodGarth Butcher · delaying game2 min
- 16:42 into the first periodGarth Butcher · slashing2 min
- 1:35 into the second periodReed Larson · tripping2 min
- 3:29 into the second periodDanny Gare · slashing2 min
- 5:36 into the third periodGarth Butcher · interference2 min
- 7:12 into the third periodSteve Yzerman · high sticking2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodDanny Gare · high sticking2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodDanny Gare · fighting5 min
- 8:57 into the third periodGarth Butcher · high sticking2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodGarth Butcher · fighting5 min
- 9:37 into the third periodDarcy Rota · hooking2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodDave Williams · high sticking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31John GarrettG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |