New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 12, 1983 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 7–3 on Monday, December 12, 1983 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 37–28.
Rick Meagher scored twice. Anders Hedberg, Bob Hoffmeyer, Bob Lorimer, Yvon Vautour, Mike Rogers, Dave Cameron, Jan Erixon and Joe Cirella also scored.
Glenn Resch made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Anders Hedberg (14)Jan Erixon (8)0–104:05 NYR
Bob Hoffmeyer (2)Aaron Broten (9)1–105:19 NJD
2nd period
Rick Meagher (5)Yvon Vautour (2)2–104:15 NJD
Bob Lorimer (1)Jan Ludvig (13), Don Lever (4)3–110:22 NJD · 
Yvon Vautour (1)Unassisted4–115:43 NJD
3rd period
Mike Rogers (15)Mark Osborne (10), Tom Laidlaw (4)4–202:35 NYR
Dave Cameron (6)Rick Meagher (4), Pat Verbeek (9)5–203:39 NJD
Jan Erixon (4)Mark Pavelich (25), Barry Beck (11)5–305:32 NYR- Rick Meagher (6)Pat Verbeek (10), Phil Russell (8)6–318:12 NJD
Joe Cirella (5)Jeff Larmer (12), Rick Meagher (5)7–319:30 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDNYR
2837
0%0%
2/20/1
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:18 into the second period
Hector Marini · fighting5 min - 3:18 into the second period
Ron Greschner · fighting5 min - 6:54 into the second periodPaul Gagne · tripping2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodMike Rogers · hooking2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodBob Lorimer · fighting5 min
- 7:19 into the third periodDave Maloney · fighting5 min
- 12:53 into the third periodAaron Broten · high sticking2 min
- 12:53 into the third periodDon Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 19:26 into the third periodJan Erixon · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 16Rick MeagherC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 30Ron LowG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
New York Rangers
| 20Jan ErixonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 28 | 7 | .750 |