Vancouver Canucks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, March 4, 1984 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Sunday, March 4, 1984 at Madison Square Garden. The Canucks outshot the Rangers 34–29.
Nick Fotiu scored twice. Thomas Gradin, Stan Smyl, Doug Halward, Mike Rogers, Steve Richmond, Patrik Sundstrom and Rick Lanz also scored.
Frank Caprice made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ron Scott stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Gradin (17)Jere Gillis (9)1–004:22 VAN · 
Nick Fotiu (5)Kent-Erik Andersson (13), Mikko Leinonen (17)1–104:43 NYR
Stan Smyl (22)Gary Lupul (21), Jiri Bubla (31)2–116:32 VAN
2nd period
Doug Halward (6)Thomas Gradin (51), Jere Gillis (10)3–101:39 VAN
Mike Rogers (21)Mark Osborne (21)3–209:44 NYR
Steve Richmond (2)Don Maloney (40)3–315:56 NYR
3rd period
- Nick Fotiu (6)Kent-Erik Andersson (14), Mikko Leinonen (18)3–404:11 NYR
Patrik Sundstrom (35)Cam Neely (13)4–405:28 VAN
Rick Lanz (17)Cam Neely (14)5–412:16 VAN ·
Team stats
VANNYR
3429
0%0%
1/50/3
1115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:29 into the first period
Andreas Schliebener · tripping2 min - 5:00 into the first period
Steve Richmond · holding2 min - 9:58 into the first periodSteve Richmond · fighting5 min
- 9:58 into the first periodDave Williams · fighting5 min
- 6:33 into the second periodPeter Sundstrom · holding2 min
- 11:24 into the second periodNick Fotiu · interference2 min
- 12:28 into the second periodCam Neely · hooking2 min
- 7:34 into the third periodStan Smyl · hooking2 min
- 10:27 into the third periodBarry Beck · interference2 min
- 19:50 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 10Jere GillisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Andreas SchliebenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil BellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 31John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 22Nick FotiuL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 41Steve RichmondD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Ron ScottG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |