Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, February 7, 1984 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Tuesday, February 7, 1984 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 28–19.
Goals came from Ryan Walter, Mats Naslund, Bob Gainey, Mel Bridgman, Craig Ludwig, Mike Antonovich and Guy Lafleur.
Rick Wamsley made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Walter (19)Guy Lafleur (25), Bobby Smith (33)1–010:59 MTL
2nd period
Mats Naslund (23)Craig Ludwig (12), Bobby Smith (34)2–006:37 MTL
Bob Gainey (12)Chris Nilan (8)3–008:08 MTL
Mel Bridgman (13)Murray Brumwell (7), Tim Higgins (5)3–111:26 NJD · 
Craig Ludwig (5)Ryan Walter (26), Guy Lafleur (26)4–112:56 MTL
3rd period
Mike Antonovich (3)Aaron Broten (17), Tim Higgins (6)4–203:07 NJD
Guy Lafleur (22)Jean Hamel (8), Bobby Smith (35)5–217:37 MTL
Team stats
MTLNJD
2819
0%0%
0/11/4
137
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:33 into the first period
Phil Russell · high sticking2 min - 13:19 into the first period
Mark Hunter · high sticking2 min - 18:02 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · interference2 min
- 9:59 into the second periodJean Hamel · holding2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodChris Nilan · delaying game2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 19:25 into the second periodDave Lewis · fighting5 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Jean HamelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Kent CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Mike AntonovichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |