Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 1983 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 6–5 in overtime on Friday, December 23, 1983 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 32–31.
Mike Bullard scored twice and Mel Bridgman scored twice. Rick Kehoe, Bob MacMillan, Tom Roulston, Joe Cirella, Pat Verbeek, Doug Shedden and Randy Carlyle also scored.
Roberto Romano made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Kehoe (15)Pat Boutette (13)1–001:36 PIT
Mike Bullard (23)Andy Brickley (5), Bryan Maxwell (12)2–003:05 PIT
Bob MacMillan (4)Mel Bridgman (11), Joe Cirella (15)2–107:30 NJD
Mel Bridgman (4)Unassisted2–211:26 NJD- Mel Bridgman (5)Joe Cirella (16), Aaron Broten (10)2–319:13 NJD ·
2nd period
Tom Roulston (7)Randy Carlyle (10), Pat Boutette (14)3–308:34 PIT · 
Joe Cirella (6)Jan Ludvig (14), Don Lever (5)3–412:25 NJD ·
3rd period
Pat Verbeek (9)Rick Meagher (6), Dave Cameron (10)3–505:39 NJD- Mike Bullard (24)Warren Young (6), Greg Fox (7)4–507:13 PIT
Doug Shedden (4)Mike Bullard (19), Greg Hotham (14)5–509:54 PIT
Overtime
Randy Carlyle (3)Rick Kehoe (17), Thomas O'Regan (2)6–502:12 PIT
Team stats
PITNJD
3231
0%0%
1/32/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:36 into the first period
Dave Cameron · hooking2 min - 18:43 into the first period
Greg Fox · hooking2 min - 8:08 into the second periodMel Bridgman · hooking2 min
- 11:09 into the second periodGary Rissling · holding2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodMike Bullard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 16:18 into the third periodAaron Broten · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 22Mike BullardC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Thomas O'ReganC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 18Tom RoulstonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve GatzosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 31Dean DefazioL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Michel DionG | 14 | 3 | .786 | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | W | 17 | 2 | .882 |
New Jersey Devils
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 30Ron LowG | 3 | 2 | .333 |