Los Angeles Kings vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 13, 1983 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–5 on Tuesday, December 13, 1983 at Joe Louis Arena. The Kings outshot the Red Wings 31–29.
Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Wes Jarvis, John Ogrodnick, Brian Engblom, Steve Yzerman, Marcel Dionne, John Paul Kelly, Lane Lambert, Joe Paterson, Charlie Simmer and Blake Dunlop also scored.
Gary Laskoski made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 15 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Wes Jarvis (6)Anders Hakansson (6)1–004:40 LAK
John Ogrodnick (18)Unassisted1–105:53 DET
Brian Engblom (1)Mike McEwen (7)2–107:26 LAK · 
Steve Yzerman (16)Ivan Boldirev (11), Greg Smith (10)2–208:39 DET
Marcel Dionne (14)Charlie Simmer (21), Mike McEwen (8)3–212:04 LAK
2nd period
John Paul Kelly (3)Doug Smith (4)4–203:14 LAK
Lane Lambert (4)Murray Craven (1), John Ogrodnick (15)4–303:34 DET
Joe Paterson (1)Brad Smith (1)4–406:39 DET
Bernie Nicholls (20)Jim Fox (20), Mike McEwen (9)5–410:24 LAK
Charlie Simmer (19)Marcel Dionne (30), Steve Christoff (4)6–413:37 LAK
3rd period
Blake Dunlop (2)Randy Ladouceur (5), Lane Lambert (3)6–506:31 DET- Bernie Nicholls (21)Unassisted7–519:58 LAK ·
Team stats
LAKDET
3129
0%0%
1/20/1
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:48 into the first period
Reed Larson · holding2 min - 8:22 into the second periodSteve Yzerman · hooking2 min
- 19:09 into the second period
Terry Ruskowski · tripping2 min - 19:33 into the third periodBrad Park · roughing2 min
- 19:33 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · roughing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Wes JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | W | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 30Mike BlakeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Lane LambertR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 7Joe PatersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Blake DunlopC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | 12 | 3 | .750 | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 18 | 3 | .833 |