Quebec Nordiques vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 1984 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Quebec Nordiques 8–3 on Saturday, December 15, 1984 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Nordiques 33–20.
Paul Gagne scored twice. Dale Hunter, Dave Pichette, Wilf Paiement, John MacLean, Mel Bridgman, Jan Ludvig, Doug Sulliman, Pat Verbeek and Alain Cote also scored.
Ron Low made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 20 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Hunter (7)Wilf Paiement (9), Mario Marois (13)1–003:51 QUE · 
Dave Pichette (6)Mel Bridgman (17), Bruce Driver (8)1–115:03 NJD ·
2nd period
Paul Gagne (9)Bruce Driver (9), Doug Sulliman (6)1–206:40 NJD · - Paul Gagne (10)Dave Pichette (16), Bruce Driver (10)1–307:15 NJD ·
Wilf Paiement (5)Pat Price (8), Paul Gillis (10)2–309:17 QUE
John MacLean (2)Kirk Muller (12), Aaron Broten (9)2–417:29 NJD
3rd period
Mel Bridgman (8)Bruce Driver (11), Jan Ludvig (5)2–502:30 NJD
Jan Ludvig (5)Mel Bridgman (18), Tim Higgins (10)2–605:11 NJD
Doug Sulliman (13)Rick Meagher (9), Rich Preston (5)2–705:50 NJD
Pat Verbeek (7)Unassisted2–811:21 NJD · 
Alain Cote (5)Paul Gillis (11), Anton Stastny (18)3–812:31 QUE ·
Team stats
QUENJD
2033
0%0%
1/43/5
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:48 into the first period
Andre Savard · holding2 min - 11:13 into the first period
Dave Lewis · cross checking2 min - 13:20 into the first periodPeter Stastny · hooking2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodMario Marois · high sticking2 min
- 7:07 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodDave Lewis · interference2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodBob Lorimer · delaying game2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodPaul Gillis · delaying game2 min
- 7:11 into the third periodRocky Trottier · roughing2 min
- 7:11 into the third periodRandy Moller · roughing2 min
- 7:11 into the third periodJimmy Mann · roughing2 min
- 10:56 into the third periodPhil Russell · holding2 min
- 16:04 into the third periodDave Lewis · closing hand on puck2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Jimmy MannR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bruce BellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richard SevignyG | 6 | 1 | .833 | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 27 | 7 | .741 |
New Jersey Devils
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Rocky TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |