1984–85 New Jersey Devils season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1984–85
Year:	1984
Team:	New Jersey Devils
Record:	22–48–10
Conference:	Wales
Division:	Patrick
Divisionrank:	5th
Generalmanager:	Max McNab
Coach:	Doug Carpenter
Goalsfor:	264
Goalsagainst:	346
Captain:	Mel Bridgman
Altcaptain:	None
Arena:	Brendan Byrne Arena
Goalsleader:	Mel Bridgman Aaron Broten (22)
Assistsleader:	Dave Pichette (40)
Pointsleader:	Mel Bridgman (61)
Plusminusleader:	Bob Lorimer (+6)
Pimleader:	Pat Verbeek (162)
Winsleader:	Chico Resch (15)
Gaaleader:	Ron Low (3.85)

The 1984–85 New Jersey Devils season was the 11th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and third season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.^[1] For the seventh consecutive season the team did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Lou Vairo joined the team as an assistant coach to Carpenter.^[2]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

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

^[3]

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 1984 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Kirk Muller		Laval Voisins (QMJHL)
2	23	Craig Billington		Belleville Bulls (OHL)
3	44	Neil Davey		Michigan State (CCHA)
4	74	Paul Ysebaert		Petrolia Jets (WOJBHL)
5	86	Jon Morris		Chelmsford High School (USHS-MA)
6	107	Kirk McLean		Oshawa Generals (OHL)
7	128	Ian Ferguson		Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8	149	Vladimir Kames		HC Dukla Jihlava (Czechoslovakia)
9	170	Mike Roth		Hill-Murray High School (USHS-MN)
10	190	Mike Peluso		Greenway High School (USHS-MN)
11	211	Jarkko Piiparinen		Kiekko-Reipas (Finland)
12	231	Chris Kiene		Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)

See also

• 1984–85 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1984–85 New Jersey Devils Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League . The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011 . 2010 . Triumph Books . 83 . 978-1-60078-422-4.
2. Web site: Lou Vairo Team Staff Profile. Elite Prospects. February 25, 2020.
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-02 . 1984-85 New Jersey Devils Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com.