New York Rangers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 31, 1984 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Saturday, March 31, 1984 at Hartford Civic Center. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 35–34.
Ray Neufeld scored twice and Mark Pavelich scored twice. Risto Siltanen, Anders Hedberg, Ron Francis and Dave Tippett also scored.
Greg Millen made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Neufeld (26)Sylvain Turgeon (31), Mark Johnson (52)0–108:17 HFD
Mark Pavelich (28)Mike Rogers (38), Mikko Leinonen (22)1–117:03 NYR ·
2nd period
- Mark Pavelich (29)Anders Hedberg (35), James Patrick (7)2–100:39 NYR ·
Risto Siltanen (15)Unassisted2–216:48 HFD
3rd period
- Ray Neufeld (27)Sylvain Turgeon (32), Ron Francis (60)2–301:10 HFD
Anders Hedberg (32)Mark Osborne (28)3–304:03 NYR
Ron Francis (23)Doug Sulliman (13), Jack Brownschidle (9)3–411:54 HFD
Dave Tippett (4)Randy Pierce (3)3–519:49 HFD ·
Team stats
NYRHFD
3534
0%0%
2/40/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:41 into the first period
Torrie Robertson · cross checking2 min - 10:41 into the first period
Ron Greschner · roughing2 min - 15:43 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · tripping2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 1:46 into the second periodBlaine Stoughton · slashing2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodRon Francis · holding2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · slashing2 min
- 13:12 into the second periodBob Brooke · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 38Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 33Mark FuscoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg MillenG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |