Detroit Red Wings vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 1983 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New Jersey Devils 6–1 on Thursday, December 29, 1983 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Devils 32–24.
John Ogrodnick scored twice. Blake Dunlop, Rick Meagher, Claude Loiselle, Steve Yzerman and Ron Duguay also scored.
Greg Stefan made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Blake Dunlop (4)Lane Lambert (5), Greg Stefan (2)1–001:07 DET
John Ogrodnick (24)Brad Park (27), Ivan Boldirev (17)2–006:00 DET · 
Rick Meagher (7)Pat Verbeek (11), Jan Ludvig (16)2–119:35 NJD ·
2nd period
Claude Loiselle (1)Unassisted3–106:30 DET
3rd period
- John Ogrodnick (25)Steve Yzerman (18), Ivan Boldirev (18)4–106:44 DET ·
Steve Yzerman (25)Ivan Boldirev (19)5–111:24 DET · 
Ron Duguay (13)Murray Craven (4)6–119:52 DET
Team stats
DETNJD
3224
0%0%
3/51/7
3632
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:41 into the first period
Dave Cameron · elbowing2 min - 8:38 into the first period
Colin Campbell · fighting5 min - 8:38 into the first periodLane Lambert · fighting5 min
- 8:38 into the first periodPaul Gagne · fighting5 min
- 8:38 into the first periodJan Ludvig · fighting5 min
- 12:41 into the first periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 14:37 into the first periodMel Bridgman · high sticking2 min
- 16:30 into the first periodIvan Boldirev · hooking2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodColin Campbell · roughing2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodDanny Gare · fighting5 min
- 18:09 into the first periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 3:14 into the second periodBob Lorimer · high sticking2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 19:06 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 19:06 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 3:25 into the third periodColin Campbell · roughing2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodGreg Smith · fighting5 min
- 3:52 into the third periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 5:58 into the third periodRick Meagher · tripping2 min
- 6:57 into the third periodJohn Barrett · holding2 min
- 11:04 into the third periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 16:14 into the third periodDanny Gare · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Blake DunlopC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Mike AntonovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |