New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 5, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 6–2 on Wednesday, October 5, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 34–16.
Don Maloney scored twice. Pat Verbeek, Mark Pavelich, Peter Sundstrom, Richard Chernomaz, Dave Maloney and Mike Rogers also scored.
Steve Weeks made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Verbeek (1)Joe Cirella (1), Dave Cameron (1)1–005:07 NJD
2nd period
Mark Pavelich (1)Dave Maloney (1), Anders Hedberg (1)1–109:54 NYR
Don Maloney (1)Mike Allison (1)1–211:33 NYR · 
Peter Sundstrom (1)Pierre Larouche (1), Ron Greschner (1)1–314:21 NYR
Richard Chernomaz (1)Mel Bridgman (1), Ken Daneyko (1)2–317:09 NJD
3rd period
Dave Maloney (1)Reijo Ruotsalainen (1), Anders Hedberg (2)2–402:59 NYR · - Don Maloney (2)Kent-Erik Andersson (1)2–505:47 NYR ·
Mike Rogers (1)Dave Maloney (2), Barry Beck (1)2–611:13 NYR ·
Team stats
NJDNYR
1634
0%0%
0/51/5
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:20 into the first period
Dave Lewis · holding2 min - 15:36 into the first periodJan Ludvig · closing hand on puck2 min
- 18:45 into the first period
Willie Huber · high sticking2 min - 5:53 into the second periodPhil Russell · holding2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodGeorge McPhee · interference2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodJoe Cirella · interference2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodKen Daneyko · hooking2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodDave Maloney · tripping2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodMel Bridgman · misconduct10 min
- 9:57 into the third periodWillie Huber · slashing2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodWillie Huber · misconduct10 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Richard ChernomazR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry FloydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 38Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Mike BackmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |