Vancouver Canucks vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, January 3, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the New Jersey Devils 6–4 on Thursday, January 3, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Canucks 35–30.
Thomas Gradin scored twice. John MacLean, Tony Tanti, Jere Gillis, Moe Lemay, Kirk Muller, Paul Gagne, Bob Lorimer and Stan Smyl also scored.
Richard Brodeur made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Gradin (16)J.J. Daigneault (9), Cam Neely (10)1–001:22 VAN
John MacLean (6)Kirk Muller (18), Aaron Broten (17)1–111:42 NJD
Tony Tanti (12)Michel Petit (12), Stan Smyl (15)2–118:36 VAN · 
Jere Gillis (2)Al MacAdam (16)3–119:49 VAN
2nd period
Moe Lemay (11)Doug Lidster (9)4–111:21 VAN
Kirk Muller (9)Jan Ludvig (7), John MacLean (11)4–214:28 NJD · 
Paul Gagne (11)Jan Ludvig (8), Pat Verbeek (7)4–316:44 NJD
Bob Lorimer (2)Unassisted4–419:24 NJD
3rd period
- Thomas Gradin (17)Moe Lemay (11), Cam Neely (11)5–401:03 VAN
Stan Smyl (11)Unassisted6–412:50 VAN
Team stats
VANNJD
3035
0%0%
1/31/3
1818
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:05 into the first period
Jere Gillis · hooking2 min - 15:55 into the first period
Bruce Driver · holding2 min - 16:49 into the first periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
- 4:17 into the second periodUli Hiemer · interference2 min
- 4:17 into the second periodMichel Petit · slashing2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodMark Kirton · fighting5 min
- 8:27 into the second periodJiri Bubla · tripping2 min
- 8:39 into the second periodPat Verbeek · fighting5 min
- 13:55 into the second periodGarth Butcher · hooking2 min
- 1:39 into the third periodKirk Muller · fighting5 min
- 1:39 into the third periodTony Tanti · fighting5 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Jere GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Bruce HollowayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
New Jersey Devils
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
| 33Hannu KamppuriG | 0 | 0 | – |