St. Louis Blues vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, December 27, 1983 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, December 27, 1983 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Blues 30–27.
Bob MacMillan scored a hat trick. Jack Carlson, Greg Paslawski, Jan Ludvig, Joe Mullen, Doug Gilmour and Brian Sutter also scored.
Rick Heinz made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Jack Carlson (4)Mark Reeds (4), Dwight Schofield (5)1–007:28 STL
Bob MacMillan (5)Mel Bridgman (12), Don Lever (6)1–110:45 NJD
Greg Paslawski (2)Guy Chouinard (24), Jorgen Pettersson (19)2–117:53 STL
2nd period
- Bob MacMillan (6)Mel Bridgman (13), Don Lever (7)2–211:02 NJD
Jan Ludvig (12)Phil Russell (11), Aaron Broten (11)2–313:15 NJD
3rd period
- Bob MacMillan (7)Joe Cirella (17), Jan Ludvig (15)2–405:44 NJD ·
Joe Mullen (12)Doug Wickenheiser (6), Bernie Federko (29)3–409:09 STL · 
Doug Gilmour (9)Jorgen Pettersson (20), Wayne Babych (19)4–415:27 STL
Overtime
Brian Sutter (13)Rob Ramage (25), Tim Bothwell (7)5–401:25 STL
Team stats
STLNJD
2730
0%0%
1/31/2
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:20 into the first period
Don Lever · tripping2 min - 11:41 into the first periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 11:41 into the first period
Jack Carlson · holding2 min - 14:49 into the first periodGilbert Delorme · tripping2 min
- 15:59 into the second periodPhil Russell · holding2 min
- 4:34 into the third periodGreg Paslawski · hooking2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodBob Lorimer · holding2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodGreg Paslawski · roughing2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodBob Lorimer · high sticking2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodDoug Wickenheiser · roughing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Doug GilmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jack CarlsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Tim BothwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 61Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rick HeinzG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
New Jersey Devils
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |