1982–83 New Jersey Devils season

The New Jersey Devils' 1982–83 NHL season was the franchise's ninth season in the NHL and the first in New Jersey after moving from Denver, Colorado, where they were known as the Colorado Rockies. The Devils first ever game was a 3-3 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins, where first captain Don Lever scored the Devils' first ever goal. The team's first win would come against their new rivals in the New York Rangers. However, the new location didn't help the team overall, as they continued to struggle in the standings, finishing last in their division and third-to-last in their conference.

Regular season

Season standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	49	23	8	326	240	106
New York Islanders	80	42	26	12	302	226	96
Washington Capitals	80	39	25	16	306	283	94
New York Rangers	80	35	35	10	306	287	80
New Jersey Devils	80	17	49	14	230	338	48
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	18	53	9	250	394	45

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

Index:	Devils win	Devils loss	Tie game

October

Record: 3-6-3, Home: 2-3-2, Away: 1-3-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Pittsburgh	3 – 3	New Jersey	0-0-1	1
2	October 8	NY Rangers	2 – 3	New Jersey	1-0-1	3
3	October 9	New Jersey	5 – 5	Toronto	1-0-2	4
4	October 12	Boston	2 – 2	New Jersey	1-0-3	5
5	October 14	Montreal	5 – 3	New Jersey	1-1-3	5
6	October 16	New Jersey	6 – 5	Pittsburgh	2-1-3	7
7	October 18	Philadelphia	1 – 3	New Jersey	3-1-3	9
8	October 20	New Jersey	4 – 7	Los Angeles	3-2-3	9
9	October 22	New Jersey	1 – 3	Winnipeg	3-3-3	9
10	October 26	Minnesota	5 – 3	New Jersey	3-4-3	9
11	October 28	NY Islanders	4 – 2	New Jersey	3-5-3	9
12	October 30	New Jersey	5 – 8	NY Islanders	3-6-3	9

November

Record: 1-10-4, Home: 0-3-2, Away: 1-7-2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
13	November 1	Calgary	6 – 3	New Jersey	3-7-3	9
14	November 2	New Jersey	4 – 5	Montreal	3-8-3	9
15	November 4	Pittsburgh	4 – 4	New Jersey	3-8-4	10
16	November 6	New Jersey	1 – 1	Detroit	3-8-5	11
17	November 8	Washington	2 – 2	New Jersey	3-8-6	12
18	November 10	New Jersey	0 – 3	Washington	3-9-6	12
19	November 11	Edmonton	5 – 1	New Jersey	3-10-6	12
20	November 13	New Jersey	2 – 7	Quebec	3-11-6	12
21	November 16	New Jersey	2 – 7	St. Louis	3-12-6	12
22	November 17	New Jersey	3 – 5	Chicago	3-13-6	12
23	November 20	New Jersey	1 – 5	Minnesota	3-14-6	12
24	November 24	New Jersey	0 – 3	Los Angeles	3-15-6	12
25	November 26	New Jersey	4 – 4	Vancouver	3-15-7	13
26	November 27	New Jersey	4 – 3	Calgary	4-15-7	15
27	November 29	Chicago	3 – 1	New Jersey	4-16-7	15

December

Record: 3-9-0, Home: 2-4-0, Away: 1-5-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
28	December 1	Toronto	3 – 7	New Jersey	5-16-7	17
29	December 3	Hartford	4 – 5	New Jersey	6-16-7	19
30	December 4	New Jersey	2 – 6	Detroit	6-17-7	19
31	December 6	Winnipeg	5 – 3	New Jersey	6-18-7	19
32	December 9	Washington	6 – 4	New Jersey	6-19-7	19
33	December 11	New Jersey	1 – 7	NY Islanders	6-20-7	19
34	December 12	New Jersey	0 – 4	NY Rangers	6-21-7	19
35	December 17	New Jersey	4 – 10	Edmonton	6-22-7	19
36	December 19	New Jersey	3 – 2	Winnipeg	7-22-7	21
37	December 22	Philadelphia	3 – 1	New Jersey	7-23-7	21
38	December 26	New Jersey	2 – 5	Boston	7-24-7	21
39	December 30	NY Rangers	5 – 2	New Jersey	7-25-7	21

January

Record: 4-6-4, Home: 4-1-3, Away: 0-5-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
40	January 2	Vancouver	1 – 3	New Jersey	8-25-7	23
41	January 5	Toronto	4 – 4	New Jersey	8-25-8	24
42	January 7	Boston	2 – 2	New Jersey	8-25-9	25
43	January 9	New Jersey	3 – 4	NY Rangers	8-26-9	25
44	January 10	Quebec	2 – 6	New Jersey	9-26-9	27
45	January 13	NY Islanders	5 – 2	New Jersey	9-27-9	27
46	January 15	New Jersey	1 – 2	Hartford	9-28-9	27
47	January 16	Los Angeles	3 – 5	New Jersey	10-28-9	29
48	January 19	New Jersey	1 – 1	Pittsburgh	10-28-10	30
49	January 20	St. Louis	3 – 3	New Jersey	10-28-11	31
50	January 23	New Jersey	1 – 3	Washington	10-29-11	31
51	January 25	New Jersey	1 – 5	Philadelphia	10-30-11	31
52	January 29	New Jersey	4 – 6	Quebec	10-31-11	31
53	January 31	Pittsburgh	2 – 3	New Jersey	11-31-11	33

February

Record: 1-8-2, Home: 1-2-2, Away: 0-6-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
54	February 3	NY Islanders	7 – 2	New Jersey	11-32-11	33
55	February 5	New Jersey	4 – 5	Washington	11-33-11	33
56	February 6	Vancouver	4 – 4	New Jersey	11-33-12	34
57	February 9	New Jersey	4 – 5	Chicago	11-34-12	34
58	February 12	New Jersey	1 – 5	St. Louis	11-35-12	34
59	February 15	Minnesota	3 – 2	New Jersey	11-36-12	34
60	February 20	New Jersey	0 – 3	Philadelphia	11-37-12	34
61	February 21	Buffalo	4 – 4	New Jersey	11-37-13	35
62	February 24	Detroit	1 – 4	New Jersey	12-37-13	37
63	February 26	New Jersey	4 – 5	Pittsburgh	12-38-13	37
64	February 27	New Jersey	2 – 6	Buffalo	12-39-13	37

March

Record: 4-10-0, Home: 2-7-0, Away: 2-3-0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
65	March 1	Edmonton	4 – 3	New Jersey	12-40-13	37
66	March 3	Philadelphia	4 – 1	New Jersey	12-41-13	37
67	March 5	New Jersey	1 – 5	NY Islanders	12-42-13	37
68	March 6	New Jersey	6 – 4	NY Rangers	13-42-13	39
69	March 8	Washington	5 – 4	New Jersey	13-43-13	39
70	March 10	Hartford	3 – 0	New Jersey	13-44-13	39
71	March 12	New Jersey	7 – 3	Montreal	14-44-13	41
72	March 14	Calgary	7 – 0	New Jersey	14-45-13	41
73	March 17	NY Islanders	9 – 5	New Jersey	14-46-13	41
74	March 21	NY Rangers	2 – 4	New Jersey	15-46-13	43
75	March 24	New Jersey	3 – 5	Washington	15-47-13	43
76	March 25	Philadelphia	5 – 6	New Jersey	16-47-13	45
77	March 27	New Jersey	1 – 4	Philadelphia	16-48-13	45
78	March 31	Buffalo	8 – 5	New Jersey	16-49-13	45

April

Record: 1-0-1, Home: 0-0-0, Away: 1-0-1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
79	April 1	New Jersey	3 – 3	NY Rangers	16-49-14	46
80	April 3	New Jersey	5 – 3	Pittsburgh	17-49-14	48

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

	Regular season					Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Aaron Broten	73	16	39	55	28	-	-	-	-	-
Don Lever	79	23	30	53	68	-	-	-	-	-
Bob MacMillan	71	19	29	48	8	-	-	-	-	-
Tapio Levo	73	7	40	47	22	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Larmer	65	21	24	45	21	-	-	-	-	-
Hector Marini	77	17	28	45	105	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Tambellini	73	25	18	43	14	-	-	-	-	-
Brent Ashton	76	14	19	33	47	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Meagher^†	57	15	14	29	11	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Gagne	53	14	15	29	13	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Brumwell	59	5	14	19	34	-	-	-	-	-
Jan Ludvig	51	7	10	17	30	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Quenneville	74	5	12	17	46	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Antonovich	30	7	7	14	11	-	-	-	-	-
Glenn Merkosky	34	4	10	14	20	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Lorimer	66	3	10	13	42	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Kitchen	77	4	8	12	52	-	-	-	-	-
Yvon Vautour	52	4	7	11	136	-	-	-	-	-
Rob Palmer	60	1	10	11	21	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cameron	35	5	4	9	50	-	-	-	-	-
John Wensink	42	2	7	9	135	-	-	-	-	-
Carol Vadnais	51	2	7	9	64	-	-	-	-	-
Merlin Malinowski^‡	5	3	2	5	0	-	-	-	-	-
Pat Verbeek	6	3	2	5	8	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Hutchison	32	1	4	5	102	-	-	-	-	-
Garry Howatt	38	1	4	5	114	-	-	-	-	-
Jukka Porvari	8	1	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-
Chico Resch	65	0	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Floyd	5	1	0	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Cirella	2	0	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Moher	9	0	1	1	28	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Low^†	11	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
Randy Pierce	3	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dwight Foster^‡	4	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn MacKenzie	6	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsay Middlebrook^‡	9	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining New Jersey. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
^‡Traded mid-season

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

	Regular season								Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Chico Resch	65	3650	15	35	12	242	0	3.98	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Low^†	11	608	2	7	1	41	0	4.05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lindsay Middlebrook^‡	9	412	0	6	1	37	0	5.39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shawn MacKenzie	6	130	0	1	0	15	0	6.92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining New Jersey. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Transactions

The Devils were involved in the following transactions during the 1982–83 season.

Trades

October 1, 1982	To New Jersey Devils Hector Marini 4th round pick in 1983	To New York Islanders 4th round pick in 1983
October 15, 1982	To New Jersey Devils Rick Meagher Garry Howatt	To Hartford Whalers Merlin Malinowski Scott Fusco
October 29, 1982	To New Jersey Devils Cash	To Detroit Red Wings Dwight Foster
February 19, 1983	To New Jersey Devils Ron Low	To Edmonton Oilers Lindsay Middlebrook Paul Miller

Free agents

Player	Former team
C Mike Antonovich	Minnesota North Stars
C Mitch Wilson	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
F Jan Ludvig	Edmonton Oilers

Player	New team

Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	8	Rocky Trottier	Canada	C	Billings Bighorns (WHL)	^[2]
1	18	Ken Daneyko	Canada	D	Seattle Breakers (WHL)	^[3]
2	22	No second-round draft pick^[3]
3	44	Pat Verbeek	Canada	C	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3	54	Dave Kasper	Canada	C	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)	^[4]
4	64	No fourth-round draft pick^[5]
5	85	Scott Brydges	United States	D	White Bear Lake Mariner H.S. (Minnesota)
6	106	Mike Moher	Canada	RW	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	127	Paul Fulcher	Canada	LW	London Knights (OHL)
8	148	John Hutchings	Canada	D	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
9	169	Alan Hepple	Great Britain	D	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
10	190	Brent Shaw	Canada	RW	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
10	207	Tony Gilliard	Canada	LW	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHL)	^[3]
11	211	Scott Fusco	United States	C	Harvard University (ECAC)
12	232	Dan Dorion	United States	RW	Austin Mavericks (USHL)

Footnotes

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ The Colorado Rockies traded Rob Ramage to St. Louis in exchange for St. Louis' first-round picks in 1982 (Trottier) and 1983 (McLean) on June 9, 1982.
1 2 3 Colorado traded away the 1982 first overall pick (used on Gord Kluzak) and second-round pick (used on Brian Curran) to Boston for Dwight Foster and the Bruins' 1982 first-round pick (Daneyko) and tenth-round pick (Gilliard) on July 2, 1981.1982 Traded Draft Picks
↑ Colorado had acquired Winnipeg's 1982 third-round pick along with Brent Ashton for Lucien DeBlois on July 15, 1981.1982 Traded Draft Picks
↑ Colorado traded their 1982 fourth-round pick to Los Angeles (used to draft Dave Gans) for Nick Beverley on November 18, 1978. 1982 Traded Draft Picks

1982–83 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

New Jersey Devils seasons

Pre-1982	Kansas City Scouts Colorado Rockies

1980s	1980–81 . 1981–82 . 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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