Vancouver Canucks vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, March 21, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Thursday, March 21, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Canucks 35–30.
Goals came from Stan Smyl, Jean-Marc Lanthier, Moe Lemay, Greg Adams and Dave Pichette.
Frank Caprice made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Stan Smyl (25)J.J. Daigneault (17), Frank Caprice (2)1–007:02 VAN · 
Jean-Marc Lanthier (4)Moe Lemay (25)2–011:13 VAN
Moe Lemay (19)Cam Neely (18), Thomas Gradin (39)3–015:34 VAN ·
2nd period
Greg Adams (9)Dave Pichette (35), Paul Gagne (18)3–106:57 NJD · 
Dave Pichette (17)Mel Bridgman (37), Tim Higgins (25)3–211:06 NJD
Team stats
VANNJD
3035
0%0%
2/31/2
911
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:54 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · high sticking2 min - 5:54 into the first periodDave Pichette · fighting5 min
- 5:54 into the first period
Cam Neely · fighting5 min - 12:04 into the first periodRick Lanz · holding2 min
- 13:53 into the first periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodJ.J. Daigneault · holding2 min
- 14:37 into the second periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 14Moe LemayL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Jean-Marc LanthierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 8Dave PichetteD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |