Hartford Whalers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, February 16, 1984 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Hartford Whalers 6–5 in overtime on Thursday, February 16, 1984 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Whalers 33–31.
Tim Higgins scored twice and Bob Crawford scored twice. Murray Brumwell, Ray Neufeld, Pat Verbeek, Chris Kotsopoulos, Gary McAdam, Mark Paterson and Jan Ludvig also scored.
Glenn Resch made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ed Staniowski stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Murray Brumwell (3)Rick Meagher (11), Don Lever (9)0–117:01 NJD · 
Ray Neufeld (22)Mark Johnson (37), Risto Siltanen (29)1–119:26 HFD ·
2nd period
Pat Verbeek (14)Don Lever (10), Bob Hoffmeyer (7)1–206:00 NJD
Tim Higgins (8)Paul Gagne (12), Mel Bridgman (27)1–309:02 NJD
3rd period
Bob Crawford (25)Greg Malone (21), Torrie Robertson (8)2–301:03 HFD
Chris Kotsopoulos (3)Mark Johnson (38), Ray Neufeld (32)3–306:58 HFD
Gary McAdam (7)Aaron Broten (18)3–408:50 NJD- Tim Higgins (9)Rob Palmer (5), Paul Gagne (13)3–509:26 NJD
- Bob Crawford (26)Greg Malone (22), Tony Currie (14)4–513:50 HFD ·
Mark Paterson (2)Risto Siltanen (30), Mark Johnson (39)5–516:28 HFD
Overtime
Jan Ludvig (16)Mel Bridgman (28)5–604:54 NJD
Team stats
HFDNJD
3133
0%0%
2/61/3
1319
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:51 into the first period
Mike Antonovich · interference2 min - 15:57 into the first period
Mike Zuke · hooking2 min - 17:53 into the first periodBob Hoffmeyer · hooking2 min
- 3:43 into the second periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodGreg Malone · roughing2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodRick Meagher · hooking2 min
- 16:33 into the second periodMike Zuke · interference2 min
- 9:47 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 9:47 into the third periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 11:11 into the third periodRay Neufeld · tripping2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodPat Verbeek · slashing2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodTim Higgins · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Tony CurrieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Mark PatersonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 31Dan BourbonnaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Gary McAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Murray BrumwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Mike AntonovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |