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1983–84 New Jersey Devils season

National Hockey League season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1983–84
year	1983
Team	New Jersey Devils
Record	17–56–7
HomeRecord	10–28–2
RoadRecord	7–28–5
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	10th
Division	Patrick
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	231
GoalsAgainst	350
GeneralManager	Max McNab
Coach	Bill MacMillan
Captain	Don Lever
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Brendan Byrne Arena
GoalsLeader	Mel Bridgman (23)
AssistsLeader	Mel Bridgman (38)
PointsLeader	Mel Bridgman (61)
PlusMinusLeader	Glenn Merkosky (0)
PIMLeader	Pat Verbeek (158)
WinsLeader	Glenn Resch (9)
GAALeader	Glenn Resch (4.18)

The 1983–84 New Jersey Devils season was the 10th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and second season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. The Devils finished again in fifth place and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

All Star Game

The 36th National Hockey League All-Star Game was played at Brendan Byrne Arena on January 31, 1984. The Wales Conference defeated the Campbell Conference 7–6. Chico Resch, Joe Cirella, and trainers Keith Parker and Craig Smith participated in the All Star Game as representatives of the Wales Conference.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 5, 1983||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1983–84) ||0–1–0 ||17,403 |- |2||L||October 7, 1983||1–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1983–84) ||0–2–0 ||19,023 |- |3||W||October 8, 1983||6–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) ||1–2–0 ||18,956 |- |4||L||October 14, 1983||4–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) ||1–3–0 ||9,961 |- |5||L||October 16, 1983||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) ||1–4–0 ||7,712 |- |6||L||October 19, 1983||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) ||1–5–0 ||14,683 |- |7||L||October 21, 1983||4–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) ||1–6–0 ||12,000 |- |8||L||October 22, 1983||3–8 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) ||1–7–0 ||9,643 |- |9||L||October 26, 1983||0–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1983–84) ||1–8–0 ||9,387 |- |10||L||October 29, 1983||3–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1983–84) ||1–9–0 ||15,318 |- |11||L||October 30, 1983||3–5 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) ||1–10–0 ||7,516

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

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
RW	23	1	0	1	10	-7	0	0	0
C	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0	0
LW	6	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0
C	5	0	0	0	0	-2	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;

Draft picks

New Jersey's draft picks at the 1983 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	6	John MacLean	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
2	24	Shawn Evans	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
5	85	Chris Terreri	United States	Providence College (ECAC)
6	105	Gord Mark	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7	125	Greg Evtushevski	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
8	145	Viacheslav Fetisov	USSR	Moscow CSKA (USSR)
9	165	Jay Octeau	United States	Mount St. Charles Academy (USHS-RI)
10	185	Alexander Chernykh	USSR	Voskresensk (USSR)
11	205	Allan Stewart	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
12	225	Alexei Kasatonov	USSR	Moscow CSKA (USSR)

References

National Hockey League. (2010). "The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011". Triumph Books.
"1983-84 New Jersey Devils Schedule".
"1983-84 New Jersey Devils Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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