New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 1984 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 5–3 on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 39–25.
Pierre Larouche scored twice. Mel Bridgman, Chris Kontos, Dave Gagner, Dave Pichette, Doug Sulliman and Steve Patrick also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (10)Reijo Ruotsalainen (17)1–013:44 NYR
Mel Bridgman (10)Bob Lorimer (6), Rich Preston (6)1–118:56 NJD
2nd period
Chris Kontos (2)Bob Brooke (3), Mike Allison (12)2–104:15 NYR
Dave Gagner (6)Jan Erixon (10), Tom Laidlaw (7)3–115:46 NYR
3rd period
Dave Pichette (11)Joe Cirella (9), Aaron Broten (12)3–210:12 NJD · - Pierre Larouche (11)Mike Rogers (14)4–214:26 NYR
Doug Sulliman (15)Bruce Driver (12), Rick Meagher (12)4–319:29 NJD
Steve Patrick (4)Unassisted5–319:47 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRNJD
2539
0%0%
0/31/5
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:15 into the first period
Pierre Larouche · hooking2 min - 11:41 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · hooking2 min - 14:45 into the first periodWillie Huber · cross checking2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodMike Allison · slashing2 min
- 2:00 into the second periodDave Pichette · tripping2 min
- 9:04 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 9:04 into the second periodRobbie Ftorek · roughing2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodBob Lorimer · high sticking2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · roughing2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodMel Bridgman · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:32 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · tripping2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris KontosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 24Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Rocky TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 33Hannu KamppuriG | 0 | 0 | – |