1983–84 New Jersey Devils season

1983–84 New Jersey Devils
Division	5th Patrick
1983–84 record	17–56–7
Goals for	231
Goals against	350
Team information
General manager	Max McNab
Coach	Billy MacMillan
Captain	Don Lever
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mel Bridgman (23)
Assists	Mel Bridgman (38)
Points	Mel Bridgman (61)
Penalty minutes	Pat Verbeek (158)
Plus/minus	Glenn Merkosky (0)
Wins	Chico Resch (9)
Goals against average	Chico Resch (4.18)

The 1983–84 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 2nd season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. The Devils finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Regular Season

• The 36th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 31, 1984 at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The final score was Wales Conference 7, Campbell Conference 6.

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	50	26	4	357	269	104
Washington Capitals	80	48	27	5	308	226	101
Philadelphia Flyers	80	44	26	10	350	290	98
New York Rangers	80	42	29	9	314	304	93
New Jersey Devils	80	17	56	7	231	350	41
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	16	58	6	254	390	38

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1983	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	0–1–0
2	L	October 7, 1983	1–3	New York Rangers (1983–84)	0–2–0
3	W	October 8, 1983	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	1–2–0
4	L	October 14, 1983	4–6	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	1–3–0
5	L	October 16, 1983	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	1–4–0
6	L	October 19, 1983	3–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	1–5–0
7	L	October 21, 1983	4–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	1–6–0
8	L	October 22, 1983	3–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	1–7–0
9	L	October 26, 1983	0–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	1–8–0
10	L	October 29, 1983	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	1–9–0
11	L	October 30, 1983	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	1–10–0
12	L	November 2, 1983	4–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	1–11–0
13	L	November 4, 1983	1–6	New York Islanders (1983–84)	1–12–0
14	W	November 6, 1983	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	2–12–0
15	L	November 8, 1983	1–5	New York Rangers (1983–84)	2–13–0
16	L	November 9, 1983	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	2–14–0
17	L	November 12, 1983	3–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	2–15–0
18	L	November 15, 1983	0–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	2–16–0
19	L	November 17, 1983	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	2–17–0
20	L	November 19, 1983	4–13	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	2–18–0
21	L	November 23, 1983	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	2–19–0
22	L	November 26, 1983	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	2–20–0
23	W	November 29, 1983	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	3–20–0
24	L	December 1, 1983	4–8	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	3–21–0
25	T	December 2, 1983	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	3–21–1
26	W	December 4, 1983	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	4–21–1
27	W	December 7, 1983	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	5–21–1
28	L	December 10, 1983	2–8	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	5–22–1
29	W	December 12, 1983	7–3	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	6–22–1
30	T	December 14, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	6–22–2
31	L	December 16, 1983	1–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	6–23–2
32	W	December 17, 1983	2–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	7–23–2
33	L	December 20, 1983	0–6	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	7–24–2
34	L	December 22, 1983	0–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	7–25–2
35	L	December 23, 1983	5–6 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	7–26–2
36	L	December 27, 1983	4–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	7–27–2
37	L	December 29, 1983	1–6	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	7–28–2
38	L	December 31, 1983	2–3	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	7–29–2
39	L	January 4, 1984	3–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	7–30–2
40	W	January 6, 1984	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	8–30–2
41	W	January 7, 1984	7–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	9–30–2
42	L	January 10, 1984	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	9–31–2
43	L	January 12, 1984	1–4	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	9–32–2
44	W	January 14, 1984	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	10–32–2
45	L	January 15, 1984	4–5	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	10–33–2
46	T	January 17, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	10–33–3
47	L	January 19, 1984	0–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	10–34–3
48	L	January 20, 1984	3–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	10–35–3
49	T	January 25, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	10–35–4
50	T	January 27, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	10–35–5
51	L	January 29, 1984	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	10–36–5
52	L	February 2, 1984	0–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	10–37–5
53	W	February 4, 1984	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	11–37–5
54	L	February 5, 1984	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	11–38–5
55	L	February 7, 1984	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	11–39–5
56	L	February 9, 1984	5–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	11–40–5
57	L	February 11, 1984	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	11–41–5
58	W	February 14, 1984	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	12–41–5
59	W	February 16, 1984	6–5 OT	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	13–41–5
60	L	February 18, 1984	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	13–42–5
61	L	February 19, 1984	4–5 OT	New York Islanders (1983–84)	13–43–5
62	L	February 22, 1984	5–8	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	13–44–5
63	L	February 25, 1984	1–7	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	13–45–5
64	T	February 28, 1984	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84)	13–45–6
65	W	March 2, 1984	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	14–45–6
66	W	March 4, 1984	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	15–45–6
67	W	March 6, 1984	6–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	16–45–6
68	L	March 7, 1984	4–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	16–46–6
69	L	March 10, 1984	5–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	16–47–6
70	L	March 13, 1984	1–5	New York Islanders (1983–84)	16–48–6
71	T	March 14, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	16–48–7
72	W	March 17, 1984	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	17–48–7
73	L	March 19, 1984	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	17–49–7
74	L	March 20, 1984	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	17–50–7
75	L	March 22, 1984	3–5	New York Rangers (1983–84)	17–51–7
76	L	March 24, 1984	0–6	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	17–52–7
77	L	March 25, 1984	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	17–53–7
78	L	March 28, 1984	2–6	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	17–54–7
79	L	March 30, 1984	2–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	17–55–7
80	L	April 1, 1984	1–3	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	17–56–7

Playoffs

• The Devils did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bridgman, MelMel Bridgman	C	79	23	38	61	121	-27	9	1	0
Ludvig, JanJan Ludvig	RW	74	22	32	54	70	-18	7	0	2
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	79	20	27	47	158	-19	5	1	2
Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella	D	79	11	33	44	137	-43	6	0	0
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan	RW	71	17	23	40	23	-21	2	0	2
Broten, AaronAaron Broten	LW/C	80	13	23	36	36	-28	3	0	1
Lever, DonDon Lever	LW	70	14	19	33	44	-21	3	0	2
Gagne, PaulPaul Gagne	LW	66	14	18	32	33	-22	3	0	1
Russell, PhilPhil Russell	D	76	9	22	31	96	-27	0	0	0
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	37	18	10	28	27	-4	3	1	3
Meagher, RickRick Meagher	C	52	14	14	28	16	-9	2	0	2
Cameron, DaveDave Cameron	C	67	9	12	21	85	-11	2	0	0
Brumwell, MurrayMurray Brumwell	D	42	7	13	20	14	-5	5	0	0
Larmer, JeffJeff Larmer	LW	40	6	13	19	8	-17	0	0	0
Hoffmeyer, BobBob Hoffmeyer	D	58	4	12	16	61	-20	0	0	0
McAdam, GaryGary McAdam	LW	38	9	6	15	15	-4	0	2	1
Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer	D	72	2	10	12	62	-28	1	0	0
Antonovich, MikeMike Antonovich	C	38	3	5	8	16	-15	0	0	0
Vautour, YvonYvon Vautour	RW	42	3	4	7	78	-18	0	0	1
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	66	2	5	7	63	-19	0	0	0
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko	D	11	1	4	5	17	-1	0	0	0
Kitchen, MikeMike Kitchen	D	43	1	4	5	24	-15	0	0	0
Palmer, RobRob Palmer	D	38	0	5	5	10	-10	0	0	0
Marini, HectorHector Marini	RW	32	2	2	4	47	-2	0	0	0
Floyd, LarryLarry Floyd	C	7	1	3	4	7	-4	0	0	0
Chernomaz, RichRich Chernomaz	RW	7	2	1	3	2	-3	0	0	0
Mulvey, GrantGrant Mulvey	RW	12	1	2	3	19	-5	0	0	0
Maxwell, KevinKevin Maxwell	C	14	0	3	3	2	-9	0	0	0
Trottier, RockyRocky Trottier	RW	5	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	D	4	0	2	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	51	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	0
Merkosky, GlennGlenn Merkosky	C	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean	RW	23	1	0	1	10	-7	0	0	0
Hepple, AlanAlan Hepple	D	1	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0	0
Johannson, JohnJohn Johannson	C	5	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Howatt, GarryGarry Howatt	LW	6	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0
Low, RonRon Low	G	44	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	2641	51	9	31	3	184	4.18	1
Low, RonRon Low	2218	44	8	25	4	161	4.36	0
Team:	4859	80	17	56	7	345	4.26	1

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 Devils did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1983–84 NHL season

References

• 1983–84 New Jersey Devils Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.