New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, November 9, 1984 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5–4 in overtime on Friday, November 9, 1984 at Madison Square Garden. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 45–43.
Goals came from Mike Bossy, Patrick Flatley, Anders Kallur, John Tonelli, George McPhee, Mike Rogers, Barry Beck, Don Maloney and Reijo Ruotsalainen.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 41 saves on 45 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 38 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (18)John Tonelli (15)1–001:32 NYI
Patrick Flatley (2)Pat LaFontaine (12)2–004:28 NYI
Anders Kallur (2)Pat LaFontaine (13)3–011:54 NYI
2nd period
John Tonelli (9)Stefan Persson (3)4–004:27 NYI · 
George McPhee (3)Reijo Ruotsalainen (9), Barry Beck (2)4–112:58 NYR
3rd period
Mike Rogers (4)George McPhee (1)4–203:29 NYR
Barry Beck (1)George McPhee (2), Mike Rogers (4)4–309:23 NYR
Don Maloney (6)Tomas Sandstrom (5), Reijo Ruotsalainen (10)4–415:50 NYR
Overtime
Reijo Ruotsalainen (5)Mike Rogers (5)4–500:57 NYR
Team stats
NYINYR
4543
0%0%
1/60/5
2212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:27 into the first period
Anders Kallur · tripping2 min - 8:18 into the first periodDave Langevin · fighting5 min
- 8:18 into the first period
George McPhee · fighting5 min - 13:44 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · hooking2 min
- 17:42 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · fighting5 min
- 17:42 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · fighting5 min
- 19:50 into the first periodAnders Kallur · holding2 min
- 2:33 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 7:45 into the second periodBobby Nystrom · roughing2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 10:06 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 43 | 5 | .884 |
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 10 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Simo SaarinenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 45 | 4 | .911 |