1983–84 NHL season
The 1983–84 NHL season was the 67th season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. The Edmonton Oilers beat the four-time defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders four games to one in the Cup finals.
Regular season
changeFinal standings
changeNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Prince of Wales Conference
changeAdams Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston Bruins | 80 | 49 | 25 | 6 | 104 | 336 | 261 | 1606 |
Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 103 | 315 | 257 | 1190 |
Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 42 | 28 | 10 | 94 | 360 | 278 | 1600 |
Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 35 | 40 | 5 | 75 | 286 | 295 | 1371 |
Hartford Whalers | 80 | 28 | 42 | 10 | 66 | 288 | 320 | 1184 |
Patrick Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York Islanders | 80 | 50 | 26 | 4 | 104 | 357 | 269 | 1157 |
Washington Capitals | 80 | 48 | 27 | 5 | 101 | 308 | 226 | 1252 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 98 | 350 | 290 | 1488 |
New York Rangers | 80 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 93 | 314 | 304 | 1471 |
New Jersey Devils | 80 | 17 | 56 | 7 | 41 | 231 | 350 | 1352 |
Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 16 | 58 | 6 | 38 | 254 | 390 | 1695 |
Clarence Campbell Conference
changeNorris Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minnesota North Stars | 80 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 88 | 345 | 344 | 1696 |
St. Louis Blues | 80 | 32 | 41 | 7 | 71 | 293 | 316 | 1614 |
Detroit Red Wings | 80 | 31 | 42 | 7 | 69 | 298 | 323 | 1546 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 80 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 68 | 277 | 311 | 1358 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 26 | 45 | 9 | 61 | 303 | 387 | 1682 |
Smythe Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 57 | 18 | 5 | 119 | 446 | 314 | 1577 |
Calgary Flames | 80 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 82 | 311 | 314 | 1390 |
Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 73 | 306 | 328 | 1474 |
Winnipeg Jets | 80 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 73 | 340 | 374 | 1579 |
Los Angeles Kings | 80 | 23 | 44 | 13 | 59 | 309 | 376 | 1265 |
Scoring leaders
changeNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wayne Gretzky | Edmonton Oilers | 74 | 87 | 118 | 205 | 39 |
Paul Coffey | Edmonton Oilers | 80 | 40 | 86 | 126 | 104 |
Michel Goulet | Quebec Nordiques | 75 | 56 | 65 | 121 | 76 |
Peter Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 46 | 73 | 119 | 73 |
Mike Bossy | New York Islanders | 76 | 51 | 67 | 118 | 8 |
Barry Pederson | Boston Bruins | 80 | 39 | 77 | 116 | 64 |
Jari Kurri | Edmonton Oilers | 64 | 52 | 61 | 113 | 14 |
Bryan Trottier | New York Islanders | 68 | 40 | 71 | 111 | 59 |
Bernie Federko | St. Louis Blues | 79 | 41 | 66 | 107 | 43 |
Rick Middleton | Boston Bruins | 80 | 47 | 58 | 105 | 14 |
Stanley Cup playoffs
changePlayoff bracket
changeDivision Semifinals | Division Finals | Conference Finals | Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Boston Bruins | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Montreal Canadiens | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | Quebec Nordiques | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Buffalo Sabres | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | Quebec Nordiques | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
P1 | New York Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
P1 | New York Islanders | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
P4 | New York Rangers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
P1 | New York Islanders | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
P2 | Washington Capitals | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
P2 | Washington Capitals | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
P3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
P1 | New York Islanders | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
S1 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Minnesota North Stars | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
N4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Minnesota North Stars | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
N2 | St. Louis Blues | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
N2 | St. Louis Blues | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
N3 | Detroit Red Wings | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Minnesota North Stars | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
S1 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
S1 | Edmonton Oilers | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
S4 | Winnipeg Jets | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
S1 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
S2 | Calgary Flames | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
S2 | Calgary Flames | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
S3 | Vancouver Canucks | 1 |
Finals
changeEdmonton Oilers vs. New York Islanders | ||||
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Away | Score | Home | Score | Notes |
'Edmonton | 1' | New York | 0 | |
Edmonton | 1 | New York | 6 | |
New York | 2 | Edmonton | 7 | |
New York | 2 | Edmonton | 7 | |
New York | 2 | Edmonton | 5 |
Edmonton wins series 4–1 and Stanley Cup
Mark Messier (Edmonton) wins Conn Smythe Trophy
NHL awards
changeAll-Star teams
changeFirst games
changeThe following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1983–84 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
- Geoff Courtnall, Boston Bruins
- Tom Barrasso, Buffalo Sabres
- Hakan Loob, Calgary Flames
- Steve Yzerman, Detroit Red Wings
- Sylvain Turgeon, Hartford Whalers
- Bob Rouse, Minnesota North Stars
- Brian Lawton, Minnesota North Stars
- Dirk Graham, Minnesota North Stars
- Chris Chelios, Montreal Canadiens
- Claude Lemieux, Montreal Canadiens
- John MacLean, New Jersey Devils
- Ken Daneyko, New Jersey Devils
- Patrick Flatley, New York Islanders
- Kelly Hrudey, New York Islanders
- Pat LaFontaine, New York Islanders
- Peter Sundstrom, New York Rangers
- James Patrick, New York Rangers
- Marty McSorley, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Doug Gilmour, St. Louis Blues
- Russ Courtnall, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Doug Lidster, Vancouver Canucks
- Cam Neely, Vancouver Canucks
Last games
changeThe following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1983–84 (listed with their last team):
- Guy Lapointe, Boston Bruins
- Tony Esposito, Chicago Black Hawks
- Rick MacLeish, Detroit Red Wings
- Billy Harris, Los Angeles Kings
- Blaine Stoughton, New York Rangers
- Bill Barber, Philadelphia Flyers
- Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers
- Guy Chouinard, St. Louis Blues
- Michel Larocque, St. Louis Blues
- Dale McCourt, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Darcy Rota, Vancouver Canucks
References
changeOther websites
changeMedia related to 1983-1984 National Hockey League season at Wikimedia Commons