Edmonton Oilers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Monday, December 17, 1984 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–2 on Monday, December 17, 1984 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Oilers 32–21.
Jari Kurri scored twice. Mel Bridgman, John MacLean, Rich Preston, Rocky Trottier and Kirk Muller also scored.
Glenn Resch made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 10 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Mel Bridgman (9)Bob Lorimer (4), Rocky Trottier (1)0–108:58 NJD
John MacLean (3)Unassisted0–211:18 NJD
2nd period
Rich Preston (7)Doug Sulliman (7)0–305:38 NJD
Jari Kurri (31)Unassisted1–313:35 EDM ·
3rd period
- Jari Kurri (32)Wayne Gretzky (53), Charlie Huddy (17)2–317:06 EDM
Rocky Trottier (2)Unassisted2–418:35 NJD
Kirk Muller (6)Aaron Broten (10)2–519:24 NJD
Team stats
EDMNJD
2132
0%0%
0/20/4
158
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:27 into the first period
Larry Melnyk · holding2 min - 15:14 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · tripping2 min - 0:02 into the second periodMark Messier · slashing2 min
- 0:02 into the second periodAaron Broten · slashing2 min
- 11:51 into the second periodAndy Moog · delaying game2 min
- 0:31 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · holding2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodPaul Coffey · high sticking5 min
- 8:43 into the third periodBruce Driver · holding2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodWayne Gretzky · ps throwing object at puck0 min
- 19:57 into the third periodKevin McClelland · roughing2 min
- 19:57 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Gord ShervenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 13 | 3 | .769 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 19 | 2 | .895 |
New Jersey Devils
| 26Rocky TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |