Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 on Friday, December 23, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Blackhawks 33–27.
Goals came from Steve Ludzik, Mike Blaisdell, Denis Cyr, Ron Greschner and Pierre Larouche.
Glen Hanlon made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Ludzik (5)Keith Brown (10), Darryl Sutter (13)1–007:52 CHI
Mike Blaisdell (4)Don Maloney (22), Pierre Larouche (19)1–118:33 NYR
2nd period
Denis Cyr (6)Denis Savard (26), Doug Wilson (20)2–100:11 CHI
Ron Greschner (5)Reijo Ruotsalainen (21), Glen Hanlon (1)2–205:40 NYR · 
Pierre Larouche (22)Ron Greschner (22), Mike Rogers (23)2–306:33 NYR ·
Team stats
CHINYR
2733
0%0%
0/42/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:08 into the first period
Dave Feamster · roughing2 min - 10:13 into the first period
Mike Allison · closing hand on puck2 min - 11:11 into the first periodDarryl Sutter · holding2 min
- 3:52 into the second periodDarryl Sutter · tripping2 min
- 5:26 into the second periodRich Preston · tripping2 min
- 8:19 into the second periodMike Allison · tripping2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodBehn Wilson · cross checking2 min
- 6:14 into the third periodMike Blaisdell · tripping2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodRich Preston · hooking2 min
- 12:20 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · tripping2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 11Denis CyrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |