Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, January 5, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–4 on Saturday, January 5, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 39–28.
Doug Sulliman scored twice. Guy Carbonneau, Kirk Muller, Bruce Driver, Ron Flockhart, Bob Gainey, Mike Mcphee and Paul Gagne also scored.
Glenn Resch made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Steve Penney stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Carbonneau (12)Petr Svoboda (13), Chris Nilan (10)1–012:17 MTL
2nd period
Kirk Muller (10)Aaron Broten (18)1–100:27 NJD
Bruce Driver (4)Jan Ludvig (9), Tim Higgins (11)1–206:34 NJD · 
Ron Flockhart (6)Kent Carlson (1), Petr Svoboda (14)2–209:57 MTL
Bob Gainey (10)Craig Ludwig (8)3–213:55 MTL
Doug Sulliman (17)Bruce Driver (13), Tim Higgins (12)3–315:02 NJD ·
3rd period
- Doug Sulliman (18)Rick Meagher (14)3–406:48 NJD
Mike Mcphee (5)Ryan Walter (4), Mark Hunter (7)4–409:06 MTL
Paul Gagne (12)Dave Lewis (5)4–510:33 NJD
Team stats
MTLNJD
3928
0%0%
0/32/3
1111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:37 into the first period
Uli Hiemer · interference2 min - 13:58 into the first period
Craig Ludwig · cross checking2 min - 1:15 into the second periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 4:44 into the second periodRon Flockhart · slashing2 min
- 13:33 into the second periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
- 13:33 into the second periodUli Hiemer · fighting5 min
- 14:29 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · elbowing2 min
- 17:36 into the second periodKirk Muller · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Ron FlockhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Kent CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Alfie TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Steve PenneyG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
New Jersey Devils
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Rocky TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 33Hannu KamppuriG | 0 | 0 | – |