Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, December 20, 1983 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 6–0 on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 33–20.
Goals came from Ryan Walter, Pierre Mondou, Steve Shutt, Chris Nilan, Guy Carbonneau and Guy Lafleur.
Richard Sevigny made 20 saves on 20 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Walter (8)Bobby Smith (17), Ric Nattress (3)1–015:20 MTL ·
2nd period
Pierre Mondou (8)Bob Gainey (14), Guy Lafleur (14)2–001:10 MTL
Steve Shutt (8)Ryan Walter (17), Bobby Smith (18)3–003:55 MTL
Chris Nilan (8)Steve Shutt (16), John Chabot (7)4–016:03 MTL ·
3rd period
Guy Carbonneau (11)Chris Nilan (6), Mats Naslund (15)5–003:42 MTL
Guy Lafleur (14)Pierre Mondou (13), Bob Gainey (15)6–008:34 MTL
Team stats
MTLNJD
3320
0%0%
2/40/1
915
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:04 into the first period
Bill Root · hooking2 min - 14:03 into the first period
Bob Lorimer · hooking2 min - 11:43 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 11:43 into the second periodYvon Vautour · roughing2 min
- 14:28 into the second periodAaron Broten · hooking2 min
- 17:11 into the second periodMel Bridgman · elbowing2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodBobby Smith · fighting5 min
- 4:18 into the third periodHector Marini · fighting5 min
- 11:08 into the third periodRick Meagher · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29John ChabotC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Kent CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 20 | 0 | 1.000 |
New Jersey Devils
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |