New Jersey Devils vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 20, 1984 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the New Jersey Devils 8–4 on Thursday, December 20, 1984 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Devils 41–21.
Ilkka Sinisalo scored twice, Rick Tocchet scored twice and Dave Pichette scored twice. Doug Sulliman, Tim Kerr, Thomas Eriksson, Brad McCrimmon, John MacLean and Murray Craven also scored.
Pelle Lindbergh made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 33 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Sulliman (14)Rick Meagher (11), Dave Pichette (17)1–004:22 NJD
Tim Kerr (25)Thomas Eriksson (14), Brian Propp (19)1–106:17 PHI · 
Ilkka Sinisalo (14)Mark Howe (14), Brad McCrimmon (17)1–208:10 PHI · 
Rick Tocchet (6)Thomas Eriksson (15), Ron Sutter (11)1–309:42 PHI- Rick Tocchet (7)Lindsay Carson (11), Ron Sutter (12)1–418:28 PHI
2nd period
- Ilkka Sinisalo (15)Tim Kerr (17), Murray Craven (12)1–503:26 PHI ·
Dave Pichette (9)Doug Sulliman (9), Jan Ludvig (6)2–513:08 NJD ·
3rd period
- Dave Pichette (10)Kirk Muller (14), Aaron Broten (11)3–500:46 NJD
Thomas Eriksson (3)Murray Craven (13), Brad Marsh (6)3–605:47 PHI
Brad McCrimmon (7)Dave Poulin (14), Tim Kerr (18)3–709:28 PHI
John MacLean (4)Kirk Muller (15), Bob Lorimer (5)4–713:25 NJD
Murray Craven (11)Len Hachborn (11), Rick Tocchet (10)4–817:55 PHI
Team stats
NJDPHI
2141
0%0%
1/53/7
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:16 into the first period
Uli Hiemer · interference2 min - 7:10 into the first periodPat Verbeek · cross checking2 min
- 10:06 into the first period
Rick Tocchet · interference2 min - 10:22 into the first periodDave Pichette · slashing2 min
- 2:04 into the second periodBruce Driver · hooking2 min
- 2:46 into the second periodBob Hoffmeyer · high sticking2 min
- 5:01 into the second periodDave Poulin · hooking2 min
- 11:15 into the second periodDave Brown · cross checking2 min
- 1:51 into the third periodBob Hoffmeyer · hooking2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodBrian Propp · tripping2 min
- 10:21 into the third periodBob Hoffmeyer · holding2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodBob Hoffmeyer · high sticking2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodDave Brown · high sticking2 min
- 14:49 into the third periodBrian Propp · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 8Dave PichetteD | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Rocky TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 41 | 8 | .805 |
| 33Hannu KamppuriG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Tim KerrR | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Thomas ErikssonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Len HachbornC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Miroslav DvorakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Darren JensenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Pelle LindberghG | W | 21 | 4 | .809 |