Toronto Maple Leafs vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Thursday, December 8, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Hartford Whalers 8–6 on Thursday, December 8, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Maple Leafs 54–29.
Rick Vaive scored a hat trick and Bill Derlago scored twice. Dan Daoust, Blaine Stoughton, Richie Dunn, John Anderson, Billy Harris, Mark Johnson, Ron Francis, Steve Stoyanovich and Sylvain Turgeon also scored.
Ken Wregget made 48 saves on 54 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 5 of 7.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Vaive (21)Jim Benning (14), Dan Daoust (20)1–006:51 TOR
Dan Daoust (9)Rick Vaive (14), Dale McCourt (14)2–012:51 TOR · 
Blaine Stoughton (16)Ron Francis (18), Chris Kotsopoulos (6)2–117:10 HFD ·
2nd period
- Rick Vaive (22)Dale McCourt (15), Dan Daoust (21)3–100:25 TOR ·
Richie Dunn (3)Bob Crawford (8), Ron Francis (19)3–201:55 HFD
Bill Derlago (13)Stew Gavin (7), Greg Terrion (4)4–204:03 TOR
John Anderson (17)Rick Vaive (15), Dan Daoust (22)5–213:17 TOR
Billy Harris (6)Unassisted6–214:10 TOR
Mark Johnson (12)Richie Dunn (10), Norm Dupont (12)6–315:16 HFD
Ron Francis (7)Chris Kotsopoulos (7), Steve Stoyanovich (5)6–417:15 HFD
3rd period
Steve Stoyanovich (2)Ron Francis (20), Blaine Stoughton (5)6–500:58 HFD- Rick Vaive (23)Jim Benning (15), Dan Daoust (23)7–503:16 TOR ·
- Bill Derlago (14)Dale McCourt (16)8–508:38 TOR ·
Sylvain Turgeon (12)Unassisted8–611:36 HFD ·
Team stats
TORHFD
2954
0%0%
3/42/7
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:17 into the first period
Dave Hutchison · elbowing2 min - 11:58 into the first period
Richie Dunn · interference2 min - 14:18 into the first periodBorje Salming · hooking2 min
- 16:07 into the first periodGreg Terrion · hooking2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodEd Hospodar · interference2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodPeter Ihnacak · hooking2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodGreg Malone · hooking2 min
- 1:40 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · hooking2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodBill Stewart · holding2 min
- 7:30 into the third periodDave Hutchison · high sticking2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodPeter Ihnacak · holding2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 22Rick VaiveR | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Dale McCourtC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Gary LeemanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Pat GrahamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ken WreggetG | W | 54 | 6 | .889 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Steve StoyanovichL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Norm DupontL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | 22 | 6 | .727 | |
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 7 | 2 | .714 |