Los Angeles Kings vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, January 7, 1985 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 in overtime on Monday, January 7, 1985 at Boston Garden. The Kings outshot the Bruins 36–31.
Goals came from Mats Thelin, Rick Middleton, Terry Ruskowski, Marcel Dionne, Billy O'Dwyer, Geoff Courtnall, Jim Fox, Ken Linseman and Charlie Simmer.
Pete Peeters made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Bob Janecyk stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Mats Thelin (3)Geoff Courtnall (11), Tom Fergus (21)0–102:20 BOS
2nd period
Rick Middleton (15)Ray Bourque (40), Mike O'connell (18)0–209:22 BOS · 
Terry Ruskowski (8)Jim Fox (31), Bernie Nicholls (28)1–210:32 LAK
3rd period
Marcel Dionne (25)Dave Taylor (27), Mark Hardy (21)2–203:33 LAK
Billy O'Dwyer (1)Carl Mokosak (5), John Paul Kelly (5)3–206:22 LAK
Geoff Courtnall (4)Frank Simonetti (2)3–308:48 BOS
Jim Fox (19)Bernie Nicholls (29), Terry Ruskowski (21)4–311:12 LAK
Ken Linseman (11)Tom Fergus (22), Mike O'connell (19)4–419:01 BOS
Overtime
Charlie Simmer (24)Mike O'connell (20), Tom Fergus (23)4–504:21 BOS
Team stats
LAKBOS
3631
0%0%
0/41/4
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:40 into the first period
Mike Milbury · roughing2 min - 4:40 into the first period
Bernie Nicholls · roughing2 min - 8:17 into the first periodKeith Crowder · high sticking2 min
- 17:02 into the first periodJohn Blum · tripping2 min
- 17:50 into the first periodBrian MacLellan · holding2 min
- 1:16 into the second periodCraig Redmond · tripping2 min
- 5:12 into the second periodPete Peeters · interference2 min
- 7:28 into the second periodBrian MacLellan · holding2 min
- 13:14 into the second periodJay Wells · high sticking2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodKeith Crowder · interference2 min
- 16:31 into the second periodJim Nill · fighting5 min
- 16:31 into the second periodDave Taylor · fighting5 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Carl MokosakL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Craig RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob JanecykG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 35Darren EliotG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave DonnellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |