March 13th, 1983
Toronto Maple Leafs (31-41-4) at
Montreal Canadiens (46-26-4)
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| Atlantic | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | DIFF |
| Buffalo Sabres | 75 | 46 | 22 | 7 | 99 | 50 |
| Florida Panthers | 76 | 44 | 22 | 10 | 98 | 64 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 76 | 46 | 26 | 4 | 96 | 52 |
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| Pacific | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | DIFF |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 76 | 49 | 23 | 4 | 102 | 45 |
| Washington Capitals | 75 | 45 | 27 | 3 | 93 | 47 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 75 | 44 | 30 | 1 | 89 | 18 |
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| Wild Card Race | GP | W | L | OT | PTS | DIFF |
| x-Boston Bruins | 77 | 44 | 29 | 4 | 92 | 44 |
| x New York Islanders | 76 | 41 | 28 | 7 | 89 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 75 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 82 | -2 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 76 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 79 | 3 |
Montreal is home to face the Leafs. Montreal has won the previous 2 meetings 4-2 and 7-0. Montreal is fighting for 2nd place in the Atlantic while trying to hold off the Bruins from getting the into the 3rd spot.
Montreal's 2nd line LW
Jiri Bohm is having a nice rookie season for Montreal. The 20 year old Czeck has 9 goals and 20 assists for 29 points in 56 games. The former Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) forward was the Canadiens 143rd overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. This is his 1st year of professional hockey, he played 18 games with the AHL St John's IceCaps before getting promoted to the NHL. He had 21 points in 18 games with St John's.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are fighting for the 1st pick overall in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Only the Coyotes (59) and Senators (64) have less points then Toronto's 66 this season. The Leafs struggle in all areas but especially in the PK where they are ranked 29th with a 79.4% kill rate. The Leafs also struggle to score, ranked 26th at 2.41 goals per game.
Toronto will start G
Erik Pecinka, he has 25 wins in 60 games with a .903 save %. Montreal goes with G
Mike Blackshear, he has 38 wins in 61 games with a .907 save %.
Montreal gets the early lead at 3:11 when RW
Yevgeny Ronov gets his 13th of the year. Toronto ties it up at 10:53 of the 1st when RD
Norris Walker gets his 10th on the PP. Montreal out shoots Toronto 12 to 4 but it is tied 1-1.
Montreal goes up 2-1 on a very early goal in the 2nd. RD
Marek Bartolcic gets his 11th of the season at just 0:18. Toronto is taking advantage of its limited chances and ties the score 2-2 at 1:35 of the 2nd on just their 6th shot. LW
Alexandr Nemeshayev gets his 5th of the year. Toronto goes up 3-2 on the PP as LW
Duane D'Angle gets his 14th of the season at 8:34. Toronto goes up 4-2 at 11:15 of the 2nd when C
Martin Venc gets his 13th of the year on the PP. Toronto has 4 goals on just 10 shots. Montreal closes the gap to 4-3 at 13:41 of the 2nd when RW
John Herrod gets his 25th of the year. Toronto keeps scoring, this time on a 4 on 4 LW
Jac Picman gets his 11th at 15:08 to make it 5-3. That is it for
Blackshear, he allowed 5 goals on just 13 shots. The period ends with Montreal out shooting Toronto 11 to 10 but the Leafs are 3 for 6 on the PP.
Toronto goes up 6-3 at 5:08 of the 3rd when LW
Duane D'Angle gets his 2nd of the game. Leafs are now up 7-3 at 11:13 when LD
Jakub Mirga gets his 6th of the year. That is now 16 goals given up in 5 and half periods by Montreal. Toronto adds a little more insult to the Canadiens embarassment, LW
Aleksandr Nemeshayev gets his 2nd of the night at 18:55 to make it 8-3. Toronto out shoots Montreal 8 to 5 in the 3rd while going 3 for 7 on the PP on the night. Montreal was 0 for 3.
Toronto's RD
Norris Walker was named the 1st star with 1 goal and 2 assist. The 39 year old now has 10 goals and 42 points in 75 games. The 1981 All-Star has played in 238 career NHL games and has 30 goals, 130 points, 78 PIMs and a +36 rating.
Toronto 8
Montreal 3
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | MTL | Yevgeny Ronov | 13 | Jiri Bohm | Ashton Miller |
| 1st | TOR | Norris Walker | 10 | Martin Venc |
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| 2nd | MTL | Marek Bartolcic | 11 | Marc-Andre Berube | Dave Wright |
| 2nd | TOR | Aleksandr Nemeshayev | 5 | Tomas Moravec | Milan Hauptman |
| 2nd | TOR | Duane D'Angle (PP) | 14 | Tyler Garratt | Jeremy Larocque |
| 2nd | TOR | Martin Venc (PP) | 13 | Shaone Fehr | Norris Walker |
| 2nd | MTL | John Herrod | 25 | Al Ladd | Chris Hughes |
| 2nd | TOR | Jan Picman | 11 | Norris Walker |
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| 3rd | TOR | Duane D'Angle | 15 | Kelly Paddock | Jeremy Larocque |
| 3rd | TOR | Jakub Mirga | 6 | Aleksandr Nemeshayev | Tyler Garratt |
| 3rd | TOR | Aleksandr Nemeshayev | 6 | Tomas Moravec | Tyler Garratt |
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| PER | TEAM | PLAYER | MIN | PENALTY |
| 2nd | MTL | Jiri Reichel | 10 | Misconduct |
| 3rd | MTL | Al Ladd | 5 | Fighting |
| 3rd | TOR | Jimmy Krueger | 5 | Fighting |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| TOR | Erik Pecinka | 28 | 3 |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 13 | 5 |
| MTL | Jason Wells | 9 | 3 |
Around the league...........
Montreal Canadiens RD
Matej Ouhrabka was cleared to play and removed from the IR today. The 24 year old Ouhrabka has 5 goals and 21 assists for 26 points with 18 PIMs and a +7 rating in 64 games this year. Ouhrabka has not played since February 24th when he injured his collar bone. Over his career in 216 NHL games he has 27 goals and 105 points.
The Canadiens have sent LD
Martin Beran to St John's of the AHL. The 19 year old had 4 assists and 4 PIMs with a +1 rating in 8 games with the Canadiens.