New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 11, 1984 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 7–5 on Tuesday, December 11, 1984 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Devils 30–26.
Butch Goring scored twice and Mel Bridgman scored twice. Jan Ludvig, Doug Sulliman, Kirk Muller, Bob Bourne, Bryan Trottier, Rich Preston, Denis Potvin and Aaron Broten also scored.
Glenn Resch made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Butch Goring (1)Gerald Diduck (3)0–102:43 NYI
Jan Ludvig (4)Unassisted1–106:12 NJD
Doug Sulliman (12)Joe Cirella (8), Kirk Muller (11)2–108:19 NJD
Kirk Muller (5)John MacLean (7), Pat Verbeek (4)3–112:19 NJD
2nd period
Bob Bourne (3)Unassisted3–206:13 NYI · 
Bryan Trottier (6)Unassisted3–310:08 NYI
Mel Bridgman (6)Tim Higgins (9), Dave Lewis (4)4–318:35 NJD
3rd period
Rich Preston (6)Unassisted5–300:09 NJD
Denis Potvin (4)John Tonelli (26)5–405:37 NYI · 
Aaron Broten (8)Jan Ludvig (3), Phil Russell (4)6–406:23 NJD- Mel Bridgman (7)Bruce Driver (6), Doug Sulliman (5)7–411:43 NJD ·
- Butch Goring (2)Tomas Jonsson (18)7–517:47 NYI ·
Team stats
NJDNYI
2630
0%0%
1/32/3
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:47 into the first period
Duane Sutter · elbowing2 min - 18:13 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 4:14 into the second periodKirk Muller · tripping2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 9:05 into the third periodPat Verbeek · slashing2 min
- 9:05 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · slashing2 min
- 11:26 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · hooking2 min
- 16:51 into the third periodStefan Persson · high sticking2 min
- 19:13 into the third periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 19:13 into the third periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Rocky TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 91Butch GoringC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |