New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 21, 1984 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 6–5 on Sunday, October 21, 1984 at Madison Square Garden. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 39–30.
Brent Sutter scored twice. Pat LaFontaine, Mike Bossy, Mike Rogers, Mike Allison, Ron Greschner, Don Maloney, Tomas Sandstrom, James Patrick and Paul Boutilier also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 34 saves on 39 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Pat LaFontaine (3)Unassisted1–005:51 NYI
Mike Bossy (10)Brent Sutter (13)2–007:56 NYI
Brent Sutter (3)Paul Boutilier (1), John Tonelli (8)3–012:08 NYI ·
2nd period
Mike Rogers (2)Ron Greschner (5)3–107:22 NYR · 
Mike Allison (2)Don Maloney (2)3–208:05 NYR
Ron Greschner (3)Pierre Larouche (4), Reijo Ruotsalainen (2)3–311:17 NYR
Don Maloney (1)Mike Allison (1)3–411:43 NYR
3rd period
Tomas Sandstrom (3)Don Maloney (3), Mike Allison (2)3–504:40 NYR
James Patrick (1)Unassisted3–606:02 NYR · - Brent Sutter (4)Mike Bossy (10), Denis Potvin (7)4–607:17 NYI ·
Paul Boutilier (3)Patrick Flatley (2), Pat LaFontaine (5)5–610:59 NYI
Team stats
NYINYR
3930
0%0%
2/61/5
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:34 into the first period
Dave Langevin · roughing2 min - 10:00 into the first period
Mike Allison · holding2 min - 11:06 into the first periodAndre Dore · tripping2 min
- 14:46 into the first periodNick Fotiu · boarding2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodMats Hallin · slashing2 min
- 2:14 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
- 6:06 into the second periodPaul Boutilier · interference2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodMats Hallin · holding2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodReijo Ruotsalainen · holding2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodSimo Saarinen · charging2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodAnders Kallur · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 7 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 21Simo SaarinenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 39 | 5 | .872 |