New Jersey Devils vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Friday, December 16, 1983 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The Winnipeg Jets beat the New Jersey Devils 4–1 on Friday, December 16, 1983 at Winnipeg Arena. The Jets outshot the Devils 39–26.
Goals came from Robert Picard, Dave Babych, Doug Smail, Jan Ludvig and Tim Young.
Brian Hayward made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Robert Picard (2)Lucien DeBlois (28), Scott Arniel (15)0–108:11 WIN · 
Dave Babych (9)Dale Hawerchuk (18)0–210:34 WIN · 
Doug Smail (10)Dave Babych (24), Ron Wilson (3)0–317:42 WIN ·
2nd period
Jan Ludvig (11)Phil Russell (9), Yvon Vautour (3)1–305:43 NJD
3rd period
Tim Young (4)Wade Campbell (4)1–401:03 WIN
Team stats
NJDWIN
2639
0%0%
0/52/8
2522
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Lucien DeBlois · slashing2 min - 3:43 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · tripping2 min - 6:57 into the first periodPhil Russell · hooking2 min
- 10:21 into the first periodRick Meagher · high sticking2 min
- 11:58 into the first periodYvon Vautour · high sticking2 min
- 11:58 into the first periodYvon Vautour · roughing2 min
- 11:58 into the first periodWade Campbell · high sticking2 min
- 11:58 into the first periodWade Campbell · fighting5 min
- 14:49 into the first periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodJan Ludvig · holding2 min
- 12:53 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · slashing2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodBob Lorimer · hooking2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodAndrew Mcbain · roughing2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodDave Babych · hooking2 min
- 8:00 into the third periodHector Marini · fighting5 min
- 8:00 into the third periodWade Campbell · fighting5 min
- 19:23 into the third periodDoug Smail · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
Winnipeg Jets
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 9Doug SmailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 11Scott ArnielL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Robert PicardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Wade CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Andrew McbainR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Bengt LundholmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Thomas SteenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim KyteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 30Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |