Chicago Blackhawks vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 1983 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 on Saturday, December 31, 1983 at Joe Louis Arena. The Blackhawks outshot the Red Wings 29–28.
Goals came from John Ogrodnick, Ken Yaremchuk, Darryl Sutter, Reed Larson, Ron Duguay, Doug Wilson and Ted Nolan.
Eddie Mio made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
John Ogrodnick (26)Ivan Boldirev (20), Brad Park (28)0–116:30 DET ·
2nd period
Ken Yaremchuk (6)Randy Boyd (5), Jerome Dupont (1)1–106:26 CHI
Darryl Sutter (13)Denis Savard (31), Doug Wilson (24)2–111:13 CHI · 
Reed Larson (11)Unassisted2–219:57 DET
3rd period
Ron Duguay (14)Claude Loiselle (2), Brad Park (29)2–303:30 DET
Doug Wilson (8)Dave Feamster (1), Ken Yaremchuk (5)3–309:26 CHI
Ted Nolan (1)Blake Dunlop (14)3–413:22 DET
Team stats
CHIDET
2928
0%0%
1/51/5
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Blake Dunlop · hooking2 min - 3:59 into the first period
Peter Marsh · slashing2 min - 9:36 into the first periodReed Larson · tripping2 min
- 10:23 into the first periodBob Murray · roughing2 min
- 14:55 into the first periodDave Feamster · roughing2 min
- 16:43 into the first periodTed Nolan · roughing2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodSteve Ludzik · fighting5 min
- 19:03 into the first periodTed Nolan · roughing2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodTed Nolan · fighting5 min
- 19:16 into the first periodDenis Savard · interference2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodMurray Craven · hooking2 min
- 15:50 into the second periodDarryl Sutter · holding2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 7Ken YaremchukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Randy BoydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Denis CyrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Don DietrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Ted NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Blake DunlopC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |