New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, February 19, 1984 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, February 19, 1984 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Islanders 30–18.
Tim Higgins scored twice. Bryan Trottier, Anders Kallur, Tomas Jonsson, Bobby Nystrom, Phil Russell, Bob MacMillan and John Tonelli also scored.
Roland Melanson made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (29)Mike Bossy (48)1–001:10 NYI
Anders Kallur (7)Unassisted2–017:15 NYI ·
2nd period
Tim Higgins (10)Pat Verbeek (18)2–106:36 NJD · 
Tomas Jonsson (10)John Tonelli (28), Brent Sutter (10)3–113:16 NYI
3rd period
Bobby Nystrom (13)Tomas Jonsson (29), John Tonelli (29)4–108:54 NYI
Phil Russell (8)Don Lever (12), Jan Ludvig (26)4–210:23 NJD
Bob MacMillan (13)Gary McAdam (8), Bob Hoffmeyer (8)4–315:35 NJD- Tim Higgins (11)Paul Gagne (14), Pat Verbeek (19)4–417:29 NJD
Overtime
John Tonelli (21)Bobby Nystrom (22), Denis Potvin (50)5–403:40 NYI
Team stats
NYINJD
1830
0%0%
0/40/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:48 into the first period
Yvon Vautour · cross checking2 min - 10:02 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · tripping2 min - 12:18 into the first periodPat Verbeek · interference2 min
- 13:03 into the first periodBryan Trottier · boarding2 min
- 15:43 into the first periodDenis Potvin · slashing2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodMurray Brumwell · holding2 min
- 6:47 into the second periodTim Higgins · tripping2 min
- 11:58 into the second periodBob Lorimer · high sticking2 min
- 11:58 into the second periodClark Gillies · high sticking2 min
- 14:36 into the second periodDuane Sutter · interference2 min
- 1:43 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 28Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 7Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 18 | 5 | .722 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |