Vancouver Canucks vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 21, 1983 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Detroit Red Wings 9–5 on Wednesday, December 21, 1983 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Canucks 31–30.
Stan Smyl scored twice, Steve Yzerman scored twice, Jim Nill scored twice and Patrik Sundstrom scored twice. Tony Tanti, Reed Larson, Lars Molin, Gary Lupul, Lane Lambert and Randy Ladouceur also scored.
Frank Caprice made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 8 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Tony Tanti (26)Rick Lanz (17), Lars Molin (1)1–009:13 VAN · 
Stan Smyl (13)Rick Lanz (18)2–012:23 VAN · 
Steve Yzerman (18)Brad Park (24), Eddie Mio (1)2–113:47 DET · 
Reed Larson (9)John Ogrodnick (20), Blake Dunlop (12)2–215:30 DET
2nd period
Lars Molin (2)Stan Smyl (20), Darcy Rota (18)3–202:34 VAN
Gary Lupul (11)Kevin McCarthy (13)4–208:33 VAN- Steve Yzerman (19)Danny Gare (5)4–311:16 DET
Jim Nill (6)Ron Delorme (2)5–311:47 VAN
3rd period
Lane Lambert (5)Steve Yzerman (16), Randy Ladouceur (6)5–402:37 DET
Patrik Sundstrom (16)Michel Petit (2), Tony Tanti (22)6–405:58 VAN · - Patrik Sundstrom (17)Dave Williams (5)7–412:09 VAN
- Jim Nill (7)Mark Kirton (3)8–413:23 VAN
- Stan Smyl (14)Patrik Sundstrom (27)9–414:12 VAN
Randy Ladouceur (1)Reed Larson (18), Joe Paterson (1)9–516:18 DET
Team stats
VANDET
3031
0%0%
3/41/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:56 into the first period
Gary Lupul · slashing2 min - 4:56 into the first period
Murray Craven · holding2 min - 8:42 into the first periodJohn Barrett · elbowing2 min
- 11:09 into the first periodColin Campbell · interference2 min
- 12:50 into the first periodLars Molin · holding2 min
- 18:45 into the first periodDave Williams · high sticking2 min
- 13:19 into the second periodCam Neely · hooking2 min
- 4:36 into the third periodColin Campbell · holding2 min
- 16:29 into the third periodAndreas Schliebener · kneeing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Andreas SchliebenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Neil BellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | W | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Steve YzermanC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe PatersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Blake DunlopC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 12 | 4 | .667 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 18 | 5 | .722 |