1983–84 New Jersey Devils season

The 1983–84 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 2nd 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 for the second consecutive year.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
* The 36th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 31, 1984 at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The final score was Wales Conference 7, Campbell Conference 6. 
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 5, 1983 	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 7, 1983 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	0–2–0
3 	W	October 8, 1983 	6–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	1–2–0
4 	L	October 14, 1983 	4–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	1–3–0
5 	L	October 16, 1983 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	1–4–0
6 	L	October 19, 1983 	3–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	1–5–0
7 	L	October 21, 1983 	4–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	1–6–0
8 	L	October 22, 1983 	3–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	1–7–0
9 	L	October 26, 1983 	0–2 	Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	1–8–0
10 	L	October 29, 1983 	3–5 	@ New York Islanders (1983–84) 	1–9–0
11 	L	October 30, 1983 	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	1–10–0
12 	L	November 2, 1983 	4–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	1–11–0
13 	L	November 4, 1983 	1–6 	New York Islanders (1983–84) 	1–12–0
14 	W	November 6, 1983 	6–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	2–12–0
15 	L	November 8, 1983 	1–5 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	2–13–0
16 	L	November 9, 1983 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	2–14–0
17 	L	November 12, 1983	3–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	2–15–0
18 	L	November 15, 1983	0–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	2–16–0
19 	L	November 17, 1983	4–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	2–17–0
20 	L	November 19, 1983	4–13 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	2–18–0
21 	L	November 23, 1983	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	2–19–0
22 	L	November 26, 1983	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	2–20–0
23 	W	November 29, 1983	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	3–20–0
24 	L	December 1, 1983 	4–8 	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	3–21–0
25 	T	December 2, 1983 	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	3–21–1
26 	W	December 4, 1983 	6–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	4–21–1
27 	W	December 7, 1983 	6–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	5–21–1
28 	L	December 10, 1983	2–8 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	5–22–1
29 	W	December 12, 1983	7–3 	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	6–22–1
30 	T	December 14, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	6–22–2
31 	L	December 16, 1983	1–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	6–23–2
32 	W	December 17, 1983	2–0 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	7–23–2
33 	L	December 20, 1983	0–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 	7–24–2
34 	L	December 22, 1983	0–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	7–25–2
35 	L	December 23, 1983	5–6 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	7–26–2
36 	L	December 27, 1983	4–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	7–27–2
37 	L	December 29, 1983	1–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	7–28–2
38 	L	December 31, 1983	2–3 	Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	7–29–2
39 	L	January 4, 1984 	3–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	7–30–2
40 	W	January 6, 1984 	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	8–30–2
41 	W	January 7, 1984 	7–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	9–30–2
42 	L	January 10, 1984 	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (1983–84) 	9–31–2
43 	L	January 12, 1984 	1–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	9–32–2
44 	W	January 14, 1984 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 	10–32–2
45 	L	January 15, 1984 	4–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	10–33–2
46 	T	January 17, 1984 	3–3 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	10–33–3
47 	L	January 19, 1984 	0–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	10–34–3
48 	L	January 20, 1984 	3–4 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	10–35–3
49 	T	January 25, 1984 	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	10–35–4
50 	T	January 27, 1984 	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	10–35–5
51 	L	January 29, 1984 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	10–36–5
52 	L	February 2, 1984 	0–2 	Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	10–37–5
53 	W	February 4, 1984 	5–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	11–37–5
54 	L	February 5, 1984 	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 	11–38–5
55 	L	February 7, 1984 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84) 	11–39–5
56 	L	February 9, 1984 	5–8 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	11–40–5
57 	L	February 11, 1984	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	11–41–5
58 	W	February 14, 1984	6–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	12–41–5
59 	W	February 16, 1984	6–5 OT	Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	13–41–5
60 	L	February 18, 1984	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	13–42–5
61 	L	February 19, 1984	4–5 OT	New York Islanders (1983–84) 	13–43–5
62 	L	February 22, 1984	5–8 	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	13–44–5
63 	L	February 25, 1984	1–7 	@ New York Islanders (1983–84) 	13–45–5
64 	T	February 28, 1984	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	13–45–6
65 	W	March 2, 1984 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	14–45–6
66 	W	March 4, 1984 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	15–45–6
67 	W	March 6, 1984 	6–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	16–45–6
68 	L	March 7, 1984 	4–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	16–46–6
69 	L	March 10, 1984 	5–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	16–47–6
70 	L	March 13, 1984 	1–5 	New York Islanders (1983–84) 	16–48–6
71 	T	March 14, 1984 	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	16–48–7
72 	W	March 17, 1984 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	17–48–7
73 	L	March 19, 1984 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	17–49–7
74 	L	March 20, 1984 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1983–84) 	17–50–7
75 	L	March 22, 1984 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	17–51–7
76 	L	March 24, 1984 	0–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	17–52–7
77 	L	March 25, 1984 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	17–53–7
78 	L	March 28, 1984 	2–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	17–54–7
79 	L	March 30, 1984 	2–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	17–55–7
80 	L	April 1, 1984 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	17–56–7
==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 	79	23	38	61 	121	-27	9 	1 	0
 	RW 	74	22	32	54 	70 	-18	7 	0 	2
 	RW 	79	20	27	47 	158	-19	5 	1 	2
 	D 	79	11	33	44 	137	-43	6 	0 	0
 	RW 	71	17	23	40 	23 	-21	2 	0 	2
 	LW/C	80	13	23	36 	36 	-28	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	70	14	19	33 	44 	-21	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	66	14	18	32 	33 	-22	3 	0 	1
 	D 	76	9 	22	31 	96 	-27	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	18	10	28 	27 	-4 	3 	1 	3
 	C 	52	14	14	28 	16 	-9 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	67	9 	12	21 	85 	-11	2 	0 	0
 	D 	42	7 	13	20 	14 	-5 	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	6 	13	19 	8 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	D 	58	4 	12	16 	61 	-20	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	38	9 	6 	15 	15 	-4 	0 	2 	1
 	D 	72	2 	10	12 	62 	-28	1 	0 	0
 	C 	38	3 	5 	8 	16 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	42	3 	4 	7 	78 	-18	0 	0 	1
 	D 	66	2 	5 	7 	63 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	4 	5 	17 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	1 	4 	5 	24 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	D 	38	0 	5 	5 	10 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	32	2 	2 	4 	47 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	3 	4 	7 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	2 	1 	3 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	1 	2 	3 	19 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	0 	3 	3 	2 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	2 	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	51	0 	2 	2 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	1 	0 	1 	10 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	44	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2641	51	9 	31	3	184	4.18	1
 	2218	44	8 	25	4	161	4.36	0
Team: 	4859	80	17	56	7	345	4.26	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==
*1983–84 NHL season
==References==
* 
New Jersey Devils season, 1983–84
New Jersey Devils season, 1983–84
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