New Jersey Devils vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Minnesota North Stars 2–0 on Saturday, December 17, 1983 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Devils 42–21.
Don Lever scored twice.
Glenn Resch made 42 saves on 42 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 19 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Don Lever (7)Mel Bridgman (9), Bob MacMillan (9)1–000:23 NJD
3rd period
- Don Lever (8)Mel Bridgman (10), Phil Russell (10)2–019:32 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDMNS
2142
0%0%
0/40/5
2921
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:28 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · roughing2 min - 4:40 into the first periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 4:40 into the first period
Hector Marini · roughing2 min - 6:00 into the first periodMike Kitchen · holding2 min
- 10:00 into the first periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 10:00 into the first periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 13:59 into the first periodRob Palmer · holding2 min
- 15:47 into the first periodBob Hoffmeyer · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 3:45 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · holding2 min
- 8:01 into the second periodWilli Plett · tripping2 min
- 14:28 into the second periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodKeith Acton · cross checking2 min
- 15:15 into the second periodJoe Cirella · high sticking2 min
- 8:39 into the third periodNeal Broten · slashing2 min
- 8:39 into the third periodDave Cameron · holding2 min
- 11:22 into the third periodPhil Russell · tripping2 min
- 17:52 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · holding2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodDave Cameron · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Don LeverC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 42 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 20 | 1 | .950 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |