🔥 🐋
First Round · Game 3

Flames at Canucks

🗓 📍 Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🏒 CGY leads 3–1

Canucks, First Round Game 3, beat Flames 5–4 at Rogers Arena on April 9, 1983.

CGY – VAN
30–38
Shots on goal
1/4–1/4
Power play
39–39
Penalty minutes
🏒 The series ⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
Head-to-head →

First Round — Best of 7

VAN vs CGY · CGY leads 3–1 Full series →
Game 1
3–4
OT · CGY
Game 2
3–5
Final · CGY
Game 3
4–5
Final · VAN
Game 4
4–3
OT · CGY

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐋 VAN
Rick Lanz
2 G
6 shots
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Stan Smyl
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Ivan Hlinka
2 A
3 shots · +1

Scoring

9 goals · in order
2nd period
🐋 Harold Snepsts Go-ahead 2nd · 01:51
Assists: Mark Kirton · beat Rejean Lemelin
0–1
🐋 Rick Lanz 2nd · 03:05
Assists: Gary Lupul, Tony Tanti · beat Rejean Lemelin
0–2
🐋 Kevin McCarthy 2nd · 10:29
Assists: Ivan Hlinka, Stan Smyl · beat Rejean Lemelin
0–3
🔥 Kent Nilsson PP 2nd · 11:53
Assists: Paul Reinhart, Guy Chouinard · beat John Garrett
1–3
🐋 Rick Lanz PP 2nd · 13:13
Assists: Thomas Gradin · beat Rejean Lemelin
1–4
🔥 Kevin Lavallee 2nd · 16:43
Assists: Jim Peplinski, Phil Russell · beat John Garrett
2–4
3rd period
🔥 Richie Dunn 3rd · 08:00
Assists: Kent Nilsson, Jamie Macoun · beat John Garrett
3–4
🔥 Mel Bridgman Tying 3rd · 15:57
Assists: Jamie Hislop, Richie Dunn · beat John Garrett
4–4
🐋 Stan Smyl Go-ahead 3rd · 19:03
Assists: Ivan Hlinka, Dave Williams · beat Rejean Lemelin
4–5

Team stats

Away left · home right
🔥CGY VAN🐋
30 Shots on goal 38
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
39 Penalty minutes 39
CGY shooting 13.3% (4/30) VAN shooting 13.2% (5/38)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔥Flames
Rejean Lemelin
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:31 TOI
🐋Canucks
John Garrett
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:49 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Flames
Flames — tied after 1st: 17-7 (71% win rate, 24 games)
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 4-14 (22% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 2–4
Flames
Flames — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-8 (11% win rate, 9 games)
Canucks
Canucks — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

All →
Apr 71983 🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY 3–5 Apr 61983 🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY 3–4 OT Mar 311983 🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY 4–4 Mar 11983 🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY 1–8 Feb 271983 🔥CGY @ 🐋VAN 2–6
🔮 Ask Puckey

Got a question about Flames vs Canucks?

Records, streaks, splits and player numbers, answered in seconds from real game results.

Try one

Questions and what's next

Quick answers, and the games either side of this one
Full schedule →

CGY vs VAN, answered

Who won Flames vs Canucks on April 9, 1983?

Canucks won 5–4. The final score was Flames 4, Canucks 5.

Who scored for Flames?

Kent Nilsson, Kevin Lavallee, Mel Bridgman, Richie Dunn.

Who scored for Canucks?

Rick Lanz (2), Harold Snepsts, Kevin McCarthy, Stan Smyl.

How did the Flames goalie play?

Rejean Lemelin made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

John Garrett made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Flames vs Canucks played?

At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from real box scores.

Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔥 Flames
BeforeApr 7 🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY 3–5 AfterApr 10 🔥CGY @ 🐋VAN 4–3
🐋 Canucks
BeforeApr 7 🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY 3–5 AfterApr 10 🔥CGY @ 🐋VAN 4–3
Also on April 9
🏝️NYI 6–2 🦅WSH 🐻BOS 1–2 ⚜️QUE 🇨🇦MTL 2–4 ⚔️BUF 🌌MNS 3–6 🍁TOR 🛢️EDM 4–3 ✈️WIN 🔔PHI 3–9 🗽NYR 🪶CHI 2–1 🎵STL
Flames season page Canucks season page Full NHL schedule