New Jersey Devils vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, October 8, 1983 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Saturday, October 8, 1983 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Devils 29–18.
Goals came from Greg Smith, Phil Russell, Jeff Larmer, John MacLean, Pat Verbeek, John Ogrodnick, Jan Ludvig, Eddie Johnstone and Aaron Broten.
Ron Low made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 12 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Smith (1)Paul Woods (1), Steve Yzerman (2)0–111:18 DET
Phil Russell (1)Aaron Broten (1)1–114:23 NJD
2nd period
Jeff Larmer (1)Jan Ludvig (1), Phil Russell (1)2–101:46 NJD
John MacLean (1)Dave Cameron (2), Pat Verbeek (1)3–115:48 NJD
3rd period
Pat Verbeek (2)Jan Ludvig (2), Phil Russell (2)4–100:17 NJD · 
John Ogrodnick (2)Brad Park (1), Ron Duguay (2)4–202:22 DET · 
Jan Ludvig (2)Don Lever (1), Aaron Broten (2)5–210:34 NJD
Eddie Johnstone (2)Steve Yzerman (3), Greg Smith (1)5–318:15 DET
Aaron Broten (1)Jan Ludvig (3), Phil Russell (3)6–319:28 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDDET
1829
0%0%
1/51/6
2321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:56 into the first period
Murray Craven · hooking2 min - 3:15 into the first period
Joe Cirella · interference2 min - 5:48 into the first periodColin Campbell · holding2 min
- 6:28 into the first periodBob Manno · roughing2 min
- 6:28 into the first periodDave Cameron · roughing2 min
- 10:38 into the first periodBob Manno · high sticking2 min
- 10:38 into the first periodBob Manno · slashing2 min
- 10:38 into the first periodPat Verbeek · elbowing2 min
- 10:38 into the first periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodDave Cameron · hooking2 min
- 10:23 into the second periodJoe Cirella · interference2 min
- 11:03 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · interference2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodDanny Gare · roughing2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodDanny Gare · fighting5 min
- 11:45 into the second periodLarry Floyd · fighting5 min
- 13:20 into the second periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 19:22 into the second periodBarry Melrose · high sticking2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
- 8:15 into the third periodJan Ludvig · interference2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry FloydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 88Rocky TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 17 | 5 | .706 |