1984–85 New Jersey Devils season

1984–85 New Jersey Devils
Division	5th Patrick
1984–85 record	22–48–10
Goals for	264
Goals against	346
Team information
General manager	Max McNab
Coach	Doug Carpenter
Captain	Mel Bridgman
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Mel Bridgman Aaron Broten (22)
Assists	Dave Pichette (40)
Points	Mel Bridgman (61)
Penalty minutes	Pat Verbeek (162)
Plus/minus	Bob Lorimer (+6)
Wins	Chico Resch (15)
Goals against average	Ron Low (3.85)

The 1984–85 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 3rd 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.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	20	7	348	241	113
Washington Capitals	80	46	25	9	322	240	101
New York Islanders	80	40	34	6	345	312	86
New York Rangers	80	26	44	10	295	345	62
New Jersey Devils	80	22	48	10	264	346	54
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	24	51	5	276	385	53

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	W	October 12, 1984	7–2	New York Islanders (1984–85)	1–0–0
2	L	October 13, 1984	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	1–1–0
3	L	October 16, 1984	4–6	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	1–2–0
4	W	October 19, 1984	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	2–2–0
5	L	October 20, 1984	3–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	2–3–0
6	W	October 24, 1984	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	3–3–0
7	L	October 25, 1984	2–11	New York Rangers (1984–85)	3–4–0
8	L	October 27, 1984	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	3–5–0
9	L	October 31, 1984	6–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	3–6–0
10	T	November 2, 1984	2–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	3–6–1
11	L	November 3, 1984	4–6	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	3–7–1
12	L	November 8, 1984	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	3–8–1
13	T	November 10, 1984	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	3–8–2
14	L	November 15, 1984	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	3–9–2
15	L	November 17, 1984	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	3–10–2
16	W	November 18, 1984	6–0	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	4–10–2
17	L	November 21, 1984	1–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	4–11–2
18	L	November 23, 1984	4–5 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	4–12–2
19	W	November 24, 1984	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	5–12–2
20	W	November 27, 1984	3–2	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	6–12–2
21	W	November 29, 1984	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	7–12–2
22	L	December 1, 1984	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	7–13–2
23	L	December 4, 1984	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	7–14–2
24	T	December 7, 1984	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	7–14–3
25	L	December 8, 1984	3–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	7–15–3
26	W	December 11, 1984	7–5	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	8–15–3
27	T	December 13, 1984	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	8–15–4
28	W	December 15, 1984	8–3	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	9–15–4
29	W	December 17, 1984	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	10–15–4
30	W	December 19, 1984	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	11–15–4
31	L	December 20, 1984	4–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	11–16–4
32	L	December 22, 1984	3–5	New York Rangers (1984–85)	11–17–4
33	L	December 26, 1984	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	11–18–4
34	W	December 27, 1984	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	12–18–4
35	L	December 29, 1984	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	12–19–4
36	L	December 31, 1984	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	12–20–4
37	L	January 3, 1985	4–6	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	12–21–4
38	W	January 5, 1985	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	13–21–4
39	L	January 6, 1985	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	13–22–4
40	L	January 10, 1985	2–3	New York Islanders (1984–85)	13–23–4
41	W	January 12, 1985	5–3	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	14–23–4
42	W	January 14, 1985	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	15–23–4
43	L	January 15, 1985	2–3	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	15–24–4
44	L	January 18, 1985	6–9	New York Rangers (1984–85)	15–25–4
45	T	January 19, 1985	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	15–25–5
46	L	January 23, 1985	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	15–26–5
47	L	January 25, 1985	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	15–27–5
48	L	January 29, 1985	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	15–28–5
49	L	January 31, 1985	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	15–29–5
50	W	February 1, 1985	3–2	New York Islanders (1984–85)	16–29–5
51	T	February 3, 1985	5–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	16–29–6
52	W	February 7, 1985	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	17–29–6
53	T	February 9, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	17–29–7
54	L	February 14, 1985	0–4	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	17–30–7
55	W	February 16, 1985	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	18–30–7
56	T	February 17, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	18–30–8
57	L	February 19, 1985	5–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	18–31–8
58	L	February 21, 1985	3–5	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	18–32–8
59	L	February 23, 1985	1–5	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	18–33–8
60	L	February 26, 1985	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	18–34–8
61	L	February 27, 1985	3–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	18–35–8
62	L	March 1, 1985	1–4	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	18–36–8
63	W	March 3, 1985	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	19–36–8
64	L	March 5, 1985	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	19–37–8
65	T	March 7, 1985	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (1984–85)	19–37–9
66	W	March 9, 1985	8–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	20–37–9
67	L	March 10, 1985	1–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	20–38–9
68	L	March 12, 1985	3–6	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	20–39–9
69	L	March 14, 1985	4–7	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	20–40–9
70	L	March 17, 1985	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	20–41–9
71	L	March 19, 1985	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85)	20–42–9
72	L	March 21, 1985	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	20–43–9
73	L	March 23, 1985	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	20–44–9
74	L	March 27, 1985	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	20–45–9
75	W	March 28, 1985	3–2	Washington Capitals (1984–85)	21–45–9
76	W	March 30, 1985	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	22–45–9
77	L	April 2, 1985	4–8	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	22–46–9
78	L	April 3, 1985	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	22–47–9
79	T	April 6, 1985	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	22–47–10
80	L	April 7, 1985	1–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	22–48–10

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	80	22	39	61	105	-16	5	3	3
Broten, AaronAaron Broten	LW/C	80	22	35	57	38	-18	10	0	2
Pichette, DaveDave Pichette	D	71	17	40	57	41	-20	8	0	2
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	LW	80	17	37	54	69	-31	9	1	0
Higgins, TimTim Higgins	RW	71	19	29	48	30	-10	5	0	2
Gagne, PaulPaul Gagne	LW	79	24	19	43	28	-11	3	0	1
Sulliman, DougDoug Sulliman	RW	57	22	16	38	4	-11	6	0	1
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	78	15	18	33	162	-24	5	1	1
MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean	RW	61	13	20	33	44	-11	1	0	4
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	D	67	9	23	32	36	-22	3	1	0
Ludvig, JanJan Ludvig	RW	74	12	19	31	53	-19	3	0	1
Meagher, RickRick Meagher	C	71	11	20	31	22	-13	1	1	1
Hiemer, UliUli Hiemer	D	53	5	24	29	70	-14	3	0	0
Preston, RichRich Preston	RW	75	12	15	27	26	-24	1	0	1
Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella	D	66	6	18	24	141	-45	2	0	0
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	36	12	9	21	14	-14	5	0	0
Russell, PhilPhil Russell	D	66	4	16	20	110	-14	0	1	0
Lever, DonDon Lever	LW	67	10	8	18	31	-29	0	1	1
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	74	3	9	12	78	-29	0	0	2
Trottier, RockyRocky Trottier	RW	33	5	3	8	2	-3	0	0	0
Lorimer, BobBob Lorimer	D	46	2	6	8	35	6	0	0	0
Hoffmeyer, BobBob Hoffmeyer	D	37	1	6	7	65	-15	0	0	0
McAdam, GaryGary McAdam	LW	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chernomaz, RichRich Chernomaz	RW	3	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
Wilson, MitchMitch Wilson	C	9	0	2	2	21	1	0	0	0
Kamppuri, HannuHannu Kamppuri	G	13	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko	D	1	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0
Hepple, AlanAlan Hepple	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Low, RonRon Low	G	26	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	G	51	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Resch, GlennGlenn Resch	2884	51	15	27	5	200	4.16	0
Low, RonRon Low	1326	26	6	11	4	85	3.85	1
Kamppuri, HannuHannu Kamppuri	645	13	1	10	1	54	5.02	0
Team:	4855	80	22	48	10	339	4.19	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

• 1984–85 NHL season

References

• 1984–85 New Jersey Devils Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.