1984–85 New Jersey Devils season

The 1984–85 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 3rd season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. The Devils finished 5th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 12, 1984 	7–2 	New York Islanders (1984–85) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 13, 1984 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 16, 1984 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1984–85) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 19, 1984 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 	2–2–0
5 	L	October 20, 1984 	3–8 	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 	2–3–0
6 	W	October 24, 1984 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	3–3–0
7 	L	October 25, 1984 	2–11 	New York Rangers (1984–85) 	3–4–0
8 	L	October 27, 1984 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	3–5–0
9 	L	October 31, 1984 	6–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	3–6–0
10 	T	November 2, 1984 	2–2 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 	3–6–1
11 	L	November 3, 1984 	4–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	3–7–1
12 	L	November 8, 1984 	2–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 	3–8–1
13 	T	November 10, 1984	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	3–8–2
14 	L	November 15, 1984	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85) 	3–9–2
15 	L	November 17, 1984	0–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 	3–10–2
16 	W	November 18, 1984	6–0 	@ New York Rangers (1984–85) 	4–10–2
17 	L	November 21, 1984	1–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 	4–11–2
18 	L	November 23, 1984	4–5 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	4–12–2
19 	W	November 24, 1984	5–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	5–12–2
20 	W	November 27, 1984	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85) 	6–12–2
21 	W	November 29, 1984	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	7–12–2
22 	L	December 1, 1984 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 	7–13–2
23 	L	December 4, 1984 	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	7–14–2
24 	T	December 7, 1984 	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1984–85) 	7–14–3
25 	L	December 8, 1984 	3–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 	7–15–3
26 	W	December 11, 1984	7–5 	@ New York Islanders (1984–85) 	8–15–3
27 	T	December 13, 1984	4–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 	8–15–4
28 	W	December 15, 1984	8–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 	9–15–4
29 	W	December 17, 1984	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 	10–15–4
30 	W	December 19, 1984	3–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	11–15–4
31 	L	December 20, 1984	4–8 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	11–16–4
32 	L	December 22, 1984	3–5 	New York Rangers (1984–85) 	11–17–4
33 	L	December 26, 1984	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 	11–18–4
34 	W	December 27, 1984	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 	12–18–4
35 	L	December 29, 1984	1–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 	12–19–4
36 	L	December 31, 1984	4–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 	12–20–4
37 	L	January 3, 1985 	4–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 	12–21–4
38 	W	January 5, 1985 	5–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 	13–21–4
39 	L	January 6, 1985 	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1984–85) 	13–22–4
40 	L	January 10, 1985 	2–3 	New York Islanders (1984–85) 	13–23–4
41 	W	January 12, 1985 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	14–23–4
42 	W	January 14, 1985 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1984–85) 	15–23–4
43 	L	January 15, 1985 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1984–85) 	15–24–4
44 	L	January 18, 1985 	6–9 	New York Rangers (1984–85) 	15–25–4
45 	T	January 19, 1985 	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85) 	15–25–5
46 	L	January 23, 1985 	3–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85) 	15–26–5
47 	L	January 25, 1985 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85) 	15–27–5
48 	L	January 29, 1985 	3–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 	15–28–5
49 	L	January 31, 1985 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	15–29–5
50 	W	February 1, 1985 	3–2 	New York Islanders (1984–85) 	16–29–5
51 	T	February 3, 1985 	5–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 	16–29–6
52 	W	February 7, 1985 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	17–29–6
53 	T	February 9, 1985 	2–2 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85) 	17–29–7
54 	L	February 14, 1985	0–4 	Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 	17–30–7
55 	W	February 16, 1985	6–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85) 	18–30–7
56 	T	February 17, 1985	2–2 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 	18–30–8
57 	L	February 19, 1985	5–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 	18–31–8
58 	L	February 21, 1985	3–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85) 	18–32–8
59 	L	February 23, 1985	1–5 	Calgary Flames (1984–85) 	18–33–8
60 	L	February 26, 1985	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85) 	18–34–8
61 	L	February 27, 1985	3–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 	18–35–8
62 	L	March 1, 1985 	1–4 	Hartford Whalers (1984–85) 	18–36–8
63 	W	March 3, 1985 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	19–36–8
64 	L	March 5, 1985 	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	19–37–8
65 	T	March 7, 1985 	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (1984–85) 	19–37–9
66 	W	March 9, 1985 	8–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85) 	20–37–9
67 	L	March 10, 1985 	1–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 	20–38–9
68 	L	March 12, 1985 	3–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85) 	20–39–9
69 	L	March 14, 1985 	4–7 	Boston Bruins (1984–85) 	20–40–9
70 	L	March 17, 1985 	3–7 	@ New York Rangers (1984–85) 	20–41–9
71 	L	March 19, 1985 	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	20–42–9
72 	L	March 21, 1985 	2–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85) 	20–43–9
73 	L	March 23, 1985 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	20–44–9
74 	L	March 27, 1985 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	20–45–9
75 	W	March 28, 1985 	3–2 	Washington Capitals (1984–85) 	21–45–9
76 	W	March 30, 1985 	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85) 	22–45–9
77 	L	April 2, 1985 	4–8 	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85) 	22–46–9
78 	L	April 3, 1985 	0–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85) 	22–47–9
79 	T	April 6, 1985 	5–5 OT	@ New York Islanders (1984–85) 	22–47–10
80 	L	April 7, 1985 	1–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85) 	22–48–10
==Playoffs==
*The Devils did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	22	39	61 	105	-16	5 	3 	3
 	LW/C	80	22	35	57 	38 	-18	10 	0 	2
 	D 	71	17	40	57 	41 	-20	8 	0 	2
 	LW 	80	17	37	54 	69 	-31	9 	1 	0
 	RW 	71	19	29	48 	30 	-10	5 	0 	2
 	LW 	79	24	19	43 	28 	-11	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	57	22	16	38 	4 	-11	6 	0 	1
 	RW 	78	15	18	33 	162	-24	5 	1 	1
 	RW 	61	13	20	33 	44 	-11	1 	0 	4
 	D 	67	9 	23	32 	36 	-22	3 	1 	0
 	RW 	74	12	19	31 	53 	-19	3 	0 	1
 	C 	71	11	20	31 	22 	-13	1 	1 	1
 	D 	53	5 	24	29 	70 	-14	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	75	12	15	27 	26 	-24	1 	0 	1
 	D 	66	6 	18	24 	141	-45	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	36	12	9 	21 	14 	-14	5 	0 	0
 	D 	66	4 	16	20 	110	-14	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	67	10	8 	18 	31 	-29	0 	1 	1
 	D 	74	3 	9 	12 	78 	-29	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	33	5 	3 	8 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	2 	6 	8 	35 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	37	1 	6 	7 	65 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	2 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0 	2 	2 	21 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	26	0 	0 	0 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	51	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2884	51	15	27	5 	200	4.16	0
 	1326	26	6 	11	4 	85 	3.85	1
 	645 	13	1 	10	1 	54 	5.02	0
Team: 	4855	80	22	48	10	339	4.19	1
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals 
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Devils did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1984–85 NHL season
==References==
* 
New Jersey Devils season, 1984–85
New Jersey Devils season, 1984–85
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