Next question, and it's a big one.
At some point, I noticed that I had an "extra" loss for Pelle Lindbergh and was missing a loss for Bob Froese (although game played totals matched for each). Fortunately, since Froese's official totals for 1984-85 were 13-2-0, it should have been easy to find.
The Philadelphia media guide lists Froese with two losses, one to Quebec (March 2nd) and one to Winnipeg. I can confirm the Quebec loss, but cannot find the Winnipeg loss. Moreover, the Winnipeg media guide confirms a Froese loss to Winnipeg. The following were the three Philadelphia/Winnipeg games of 1984-85:
November 1 7-4 Winnipeg victory
December 11 5-4 OT Winnipeg victory
January 27 6-2 Winnipeg victory
My records showed Lindbergh as playing the entire January 27 game, and Lindbergh giving up the overtime goal on December 11 (Froese leaving with strained left knee ligaments). Therefore, my best guess is that the media guides (and league totals) credit the November 1 loss to Froese. Also, looking at the Toronto Star's weekly NHL goaltending totals (printed every Tuesday!), I get further evidence that the November 1st loss was credited to Froese instead of Lindbergh. So let's centre the conversation on November 1, 1984.
Since the discrepancy involved a Philadelphia Flyer goaltender, I had the excellent resource flyershistory.com to work with (if you haven't been there before, you should, because among other things Peter has collected every box score in franchise history). And his box score for the November 1st game matches my records perfectly:
http://flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/boxscore.cgi?19840104
Froese started the game and stopped sixteen of twenty shots. Lindbergh gave up three goals on the final eight shots, and should have earned the loss.
Naturally, I checked with Peter on this, and he was able to access a Philadelphia-area account of the game, confirming that Froese played the first two periods and Lindbergh the last (including the fifth and game-winning goal).
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So that's where we are. Are the National Hockey League official totals for Lindbergh and Froese incorrect, and should one of Froese's two losses be credited to Lindbergh (in his trophy-winning campaign no less)? Can anyone lend any insight into the matter? Does The Hockey News have a boxscore, perchance? Any other accounts of the game? Any other boxscores or references on this one? I'm loathe to make this decision based on less than 100% evidence, but as we've seen from St. Croix, the NHL makes mistakes from time to time.
Confounding matters is this report from the Toronto Star: "After the Jets took a 5-3 lead, Flyers goalie Bob Froese was replaced by Pelle Lindbergh.". This conflicts the other evidence; however, Froese is only credited with four goals against Winnipeg in both media guides.
Any help would be...well, very helpful. Thanks!