Los Angeles Kings vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, December 30, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Hartford Whalers 9–3 on Friday, December 30, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Kings outshot the Whalers 39–33.
Marcel Dionne scored a hat trick and Mike McEwen scored twice. Mark Johnson, Greg Malone, Dave Taylor, Anders Hakansson, Doug Smith, Sylvain Turgeon and Jim Fox also scored.
Mike Blake made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 19 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Marcel Dionne (20)Brian Engblom (18)1–000:21 LAK
Mike McEwen (5)Marcel Dionne (36), Jim Fox (24)2–010:54 LAK
Mark Johnson (19)Chris Kotsopoulos (9), Greg Malone (12)2–114:21 HFD- Marcel Dionne (21)Bernie Nicholls (31), Mark Hardy (18)3–116:38 LAK ·
2nd period
Greg Malone (8)Ron Francis (28), Bob Crawford (9)3–205:21 HFD · 
Dave Taylor (7)Charlie Simmer (25), Marcel Dionne (37)4–205:45 LAK
Anders Hakansson (5)Terry Ruskowski (9), Wes Jarvis (9)5–209:17 LAK
Doug Smith (7)John Paul Kelly (8), Dean Kennedy (2)6–210:13 LAK
3rd period
- Mike McEwen (6)Brian Engblom (19), Doug Smith (8)7–201:39 LAK ·
- Marcel Dionne (22)Charlie Simmer (26), Dave Taylor (24)8–203:59 LAK
Sylvain Turgeon (18)Ron Francis (29)8–308:12 HFD · 
Jim Fox (17)Brian MacLellan (16), Brian Engblom (20)9–318:10 LAK ·
Team stats
LAKHFD
3933
0%0%
3/62/4
1721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:33 into the first period
Richie Dunn · hooking2 min - 10:22 into the first periodDoug Sulliman · roughing2 min
- 10:22 into the first periodDoug Sulliman · fighting5 min
- 10:22 into the first period
Dave Taylor · slashing2 min - 10:22 into the first periodDave Taylor · fighting5 min
- 12:01 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · interference2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodRay Neufeld · elbowing2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodDoug Smith · roughing2 min
- 16:31 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · slashing2 min
- 2:23 into the second periodDean Kennedy · tripping2 min
- 3:23 into the second periodBrian MacLellan · tripping2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min
- 0:52 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min
- 7:35 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodMarc Chorney · tripping2 min
- 17:37 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Mike BlakeG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Steve StoyanovichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | 14 | 3 | .786 | |
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 25 | 6 | .760 |