New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, October 24, 1984 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Wednesday, October 24, 1984 at Civic Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 38–29.
Goals came from Roger Belanger Jr., Tim Higgins, Pat Verbeek, Doug Shedden, Don Lever, Rich Preston and Joe Cirella.
Glenn Resch made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Roger Belanger Jr. (1)Bruce Crowder (3), Moe Mantha (3)0–102:44 PIT
Tim Higgins (3)Mel Bridgman (5)1–108:36 NJD
Pat Verbeek (3)Dave Pichette (5), Don Lever (3)2–111:45 NJD
2nd period
Doug Shedden (3)Mike Bullard (3), Rod Buskas (1)2–210:35 PIT
Don Lever (2)Bruce Driver (2), John MacLean (3)3–216:53 NJD
3rd period
Rich Preston (2)Rick Meagher (3), Dave Pichette (6)4–205:54 NJD
Joe Cirella (1)Mel Bridgman (6), Bruce Driver (3)5–215:16 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDPIT
3829
0%0%
1/60/5
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:56 into the first period
Dave Lewis · interference2 min - 13:15 into the first periodDave Pichette · tripping2 min
- 16:29 into the first period
Rod Buskas · interference2 min - 3:05 into the second periodJan Ludvig · hooking2 min
- 5:41 into the second periodUli Hiemer · hooking2 min
- 12:31 into the second periodRod Buskas · holding2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodPat Boutette · elbowing2 min
- 3:31 into the third periodDave Pichette · interference2 min
- 9:01 into the third periodRod Buskas · holding2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodAndy Brickley · hooking2 min
- 19:15 into the third periodPat Boutette · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Roger Belanger Jr.C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Michel DionG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |