New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, March 13, 1984 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 5–1 on Tuesday, March 13, 1984 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Islanders 34–24.
Bob Bourne scored a hat trick. Denis Potvin, Murray Brumwell and Bryan Trottier also scored.
Roland Melanson made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Potvin (20)Greg Gilbert (30), Mike Bossy (61)1–005:41 NYI ·
2nd period
Murray Brumwell (6)Mel Bridgman (34)1–102:58 NJD · 
Bob Bourne (17)Duane Sutter (20), Ken Morrow (10)2–103:37 NYI
Bryan Trottier (35)Mike Bossy (62), Tomas Jonsson (34)3–110:32 NYI · - Bob Bourne (18)Brent Sutter (13), John Tonelli (36)4–111:16 NYI ·
- Bob Bourne (19)Tomas Jonsson (35)5–115:13 NYI ·
Team stats
NYINJD
2434
0%0%
3/41/9
2111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:00 into the first period
Stefan Persson · high sticking2 min - 3:44 into the first period
Tim Higgins · tripping2 min - 6:33 into the first periodDave Langevin · elbowing2 min
- 11:38 into the first periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 14:24 into the first periodGord Lane · holding2 min
- 17:02 into the first periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 19:28 into the first periodMel Bridgman · interference2 min
- 2:50 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · tripping2 min
- 9:02 into the second periodTim Higgins · high sticking5 min
- 14:25 into the second periodGord Lane · cross checking2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodGord Lane · slashing5 min
- 6:16 into the third periodBob Bourne · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 34 | 1 | .971 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Murray BrumwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |