New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 4, 1984 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, January 4, 1984 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 43–32.
Kent-Erik Andersson scored twice, Mel Bridgman scored twice and Reijo Ruotsalainen scored twice. Rick Meagher also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Kent-Erik Andersson (3)Mark Osborne (12), Robbie Ftorek (2)0–111:10 NYR
2nd period
Rick Meagher (8)Kevin Maxwell (1), Bob Hoffmeyer (5)1–105:41 NJD
Mel Bridgman (6)Joe Cirella (18)2–119:40 NJD ·
3rd period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (9)Anders Hedberg (15)2–200:45 NYR- Mel Bridgman (7)Paul Gagne (4), Bob Hoffmeyer (6)3–209:08 NJD
- Kent-Erik Andersson (4)Ron Greschner (27), Rob McClanahan (3)3–312:07 NYR
Overtime
- Reijo Ruotsalainen (10)Pierre Larouche (23), Barry Beck (17)3–404:47 NYR
Team stats
NJDNYR
3243
0%0%
1/40/4
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:39 into the first period
Rob Palmer · hooking2 min - 13:57 into the first period
Mark Pavelich · slashing2 min - 15:34 into the first periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodMel Bridgman · cross checking2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodDave Lewis · interference2 min
- 8:32 into the second periodBob Hoffmeyer · hooking2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodDave Cameron · high sticking2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodMark Osborne · high sticking2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodMike Blaisdell · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodPeter Sundstrom · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Mike AntonovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 43 | 4 | .907 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |