1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 66th season of the franchise, 56th season as the Maple Leafs. The Leafs finished 3rd in the Norris Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Minnesota North Stars 3 games to 1.
==Off-season==
===NHL Draft===
Pick	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	October 6, 1982 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 7, 1982 	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	0–1–1
3 	T 	October 9, 1982 	5–5 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	0–1–2
4 	L 	October 13, 1982 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	0–2–2
5 	L 	October 14, 1982 	2–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	0–3–2
6 	L 	October 16, 1982 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	0–4–2
7 	W 	October 20, 1982 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	1–4–2
8 	T 	October 23, 1982 	5–5 	Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	1–4–3
9 	L 	October 26, 1982 	4–9 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	1–5–3
10 	W 	October 27, 1982 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	2–5–3
11 	T 	October 30, 1982 	3–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	2–5–4
12 	L 	November 3, 1982 	2–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	2–6–4
13 	T 	November 6, 1982 	3–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	2–6–5
14 	L 	November 7, 1982 	3–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	2–7–5
15 	W 	November 10, 1982 	8–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	3–7–5
16 	W 	November 13, 1982 	4–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	4–7–5
17 	L 	November 17, 1982 	1–6 	@ New York Rangers (1982–83) 	4–8–5
18 	L 	November 20, 1982 	3–6 	New York Rangers (1982–83) 	4–9–5
19 	L 	November 24, 1982 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	4–10–5
20 	L 	November 26, 1982 	3–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	4–11–5
21 	L 	November 27, 1982 	3–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	4–12–5
22 	L 	December 1, 1982 	3–7 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	4–13–5
23 	W 	December 4, 1982 	4–1 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	5–13–5
24 	L 	December 5, 1982 	5–6 	@ New York Rangers (1982–83) 	5–14–5
25 	L 	December 7, 1982 	3–6 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	5–15–5
26 	L 	December 8, 1982 	3–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	5–16–5
27 	L 	December 11, 1982 	2–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	5–17–5
28 	T 	December 14, 1982 	4–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	5–17–6
29 	L 	December 15, 1982 	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	5–18–6
30 	L 	December 18, 1982 	5–8 	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	5–19–6
31 	L 	December 22, 1982 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	5–20–6
32 	L 	December 23, 1982 	3–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	5–21–6
33 	T 	December 28, 1982 	4–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	5–21–7
34 	W 	December 29, 1982 	6–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	6–21–7
35 	W 	January 1, 1983 	7–5 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	7–21–7
36 	W 	January 2, 1983 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	8–21–7
37 	T 	January 5, 1983 	4–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	8–21–8
38 	W 	January 6, 1983 	3–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	9–21–8
39 	W 	January 8, 1983 	7–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	10–21–8
40 	L 	January 12, 1983 	4–6 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	10–22–8
41 	L 	January 13, 1983 	1–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	10–23–8
42 	L 	January 15, 1983 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	10–24–8
43 	T 	January 17, 1983 	4–4 	St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	10–24–9
44 	L 	January 19, 1983 	3–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	10–25–9
45 	L 	January 22, 1983 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	10–26–9
46 	W 	January 24, 1983 	8–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	11–26–9
47 	T 	January 26, 1983 	6–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	11–26–10
48 	L 	January 27, 1983 	1–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	11–27–10
49 	W 	January 29, 1983 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	12–27–10
50 	L 	January 31, 1983 	2–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	12–28–10
51 	W 	February 2, 1983 	7–1 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	13–28–10
52 	W 	February 5, 1983 	6–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	14–28–10
53 	L 	February 6, 1983 	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	14–29–10
54 	L 	February 13, 1983 	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	14–30–10
55 	W 	February 16, 1983 	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	15–30–10
56 	W 	February 17, 1983 	6–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	16–30–10
57 	W 	February 19, 1983 	5–3 	Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	17–30–10
58 	W 	February 21, 1983 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	18–30–10
59 	W 	February 23, 1983 	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	19–30–10
60 	W 	February 25, 1983 	4–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	20–30–10
61 	L 	February 26, 1983 	2–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	20–31–10
62 	L 	February 28, 1983 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	20–32–10
63 	T 	March 2, 1983 	2–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	20–32–11
64 	L 	March 3, 1983 	1–5 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	20–33–11
65 	L 	March 5, 1983 	3–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	20–34–11
66 	T 	March 8, 1983 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	20–34–12
67 	W 	March 9, 1983 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	21–34–12
68 	W 	March 12, 1983 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	22–34–12
69 	W 	March 13, 1983 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	23–34–12
70 	L 	March 16, 1983 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	23–35–12
71 	L 	March 18, 1983 	3–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	23–36–12
72 	L 	March 20, 1983 	3–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	23–37–12
73 	L 	March 21, 1983 	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	23–38–12
74 	W 	March 23, 1983 	6–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	24–38–12
75 	L 	March 24, 1983 	4–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	24–39–12
76 	W 	March 26, 1983 	2–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	25–39–12
77 	W 	March 29, 1983 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	26–39–12
78 	W 	March 30, 1983 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	27–39–12
79 	L 	April 2, 1983 	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	27–40–12
80 	W 	April 3, 1983 	4–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	28–40–12
==Playoffs==
===Minnesota North Stars 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	31	49	80 	24 	-6 	9 	0 	6
 	RW 	78	51	28	79 	105	-13	18 	3 	8
 	C 	80	28	38	66 	44 	6 	6 	0 	2
 	LW 	72	28	31	59 	71 	8 	9 	0 	3
 	RW 	67	25	30	55 	90 	2 	5 	0 	4
 	C 	48	18	33	51 	31 	-1 	9 	0 	0
 	D 	69	7 	38	45 	104	-3 	2 	1 	0
 	C 	58	13	24	37 	27 	-19	5 	0 	1
 	LW 	74	16	16	32 	59 	-3 	0 	3 	1
 	RW 	76	11	19	30 	26 	-15	0 	1 	0
 	D/LW	80	8 	21	29 	236	-27	0 	3 	1
 	D 	45	10	18	28 	10 	7 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	56	4 	24	28 	38 	1 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	76	14	13	27 	28 	-29	3 	1 	0
 	D 	74	5 	17	22 	47 	-8 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	51	6 	15	21 	23 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	22	1 	13	14 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	63	6 	5 	11 	44 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	32	2 	8 	10 	12 	3 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	52	2 	5 	7 	68 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	C 	26	4 	1 	5 	8 	-9 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	26	2 	3 	5 	13 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	1 	2 	3 	11 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	3 	3 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	53	0 	3 	3 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	0 	2 	2 	4 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	1 	1 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	22	0 	0 	0 	135	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	0 	0 	0 	146	-24	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	16	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2965	53	21	23	7 	197	3.99	0
 	920 	17	4 	9 	2 	58 	3.78	0
 	835 	16	3 	8 	3 	68 	4.89	0
 	40 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	3.00	0
 	40 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	3.00	0
Team: 	4800	80	28	40	12	327	4.09	0
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	4 	2	5	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	2	5	7 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	2	4	6 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	4	5 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	3	1	4 	0 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	4 	3	0	3 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1	2	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1	2	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	0	1 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	23 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D/LW	3 	0	0	0 	26 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	252	4 	1	3	17	4.05 	0
 	1 	1 	0	0	1 	60.00	0
Team: 	253	4 	1	3	18	4.27 	0
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals 
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Maple Leafs did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs were involved in the following transactions during the 1982-83 season.
===Trades===
September 9, 1982	To Washington CapitalsCash 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMike Palmateer
October 5, 1982 	To Hartford WhalersPaul Marshall 	To Toronto Maple Leafs10th round pick in 1983 - Greg Rolston
October 19, 1982 	To Los Angeles Kings4th round pick in 1983 - Dave Korol 	To Toronto Maple LeafsGreg Terrion
December 17, 1982	To Montreal Canadiens2nd round pick in 1986 - Benoit Brunet	To Toronto Maple LeafsGaston Gingras
January 10, 1983 	To Minnesota North StarsDave Logan 	To Toronto Maple LeafsCash
January 10, 1983 	To Philadelphia FlyersMichel Larocque 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRick St. Croix
January 15, 1983 	To Edmonton OilersSerge Boisvert 	To Toronto Maple LeafsReid Bailey
January 23, 1983 	To Chicago Black HawksRod Willard 	To Toronto Maple LeafsDave Snopek
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Rod Willard	Undrafted Free Agent
Bruce Dowie	Undrafted Free Agent
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
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