New York Rangers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, February 5, 1985 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 7–5 on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Rangers 34–23.
Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Marcel Dionne, Pierre Larouche, Jan Erixon, Robbie Ftorek, Craig Redmond, Rick Lapointe, John Paul Kelly, Tomas Sandstrom, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Terry Ruskowski also scored.
Darren Eliot made 18 saves on 23 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Marcel Dionne (32)Steve Shutt (16), Rick Lapointe (13)0–104:28 LAK
Pierre Larouche (18)Peter Sundstrom (17), Jan Erixon (18)1–106:24 NYR
Jan Erixon (5)Peter Sundstrom (18), Pierre Larouche (28)2–114:02 NYR
Bernie Nicholls (32)Terry Ruskowski (28), Jim Fox (40)2–219:26 LAK
2nd period
Robbie Ftorek (7)Nick Fotiu (6)3–206:32 NYR
Craig Redmond (5)Marcel Dionne (53), Dave Taylor (35)3–307:12 LAK- Bernie Nicholls (33)Jim Fox (41), Garry Galley (21)3–413:06 LAK
Rick Lapointe (3)Jim Fox (42), Terry Ruskowski (29)3–518:33 LAK
John Paul Kelly (5)Bob Miller (13), Garry Galley (22)3–619:11 LAK
3rd period
Tomas Sandstrom (19)George McPhee (9)4–606:50 NYR
Reijo Ruotsalainen (16)Barry Beck (12), Mike Rogers (24)5–610:13 NYR · 
Terry Ruskowski (12)Jim Fox (43), Bernie Nicholls (40)5–719:21 LAK ·
Team stats
NYRLAK
2334
0%0%
1/10/3
2814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:08 into the first period
Bob Brooke · holding2 min - 6:51 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · tripping2 min
- 14:12 into the second period
Mark Hardy · roughing2 min - 14:12 into the second periodGeorge McPhee · roughing2 min
- 17:53 into the second periodDave Taylor · fighting5 min
- 17:53 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · fighting5 min
- 17:53 into the second periodSteve Patrick · game misconduct10 min
- 19:45 into the second periodBilly O'Dwyer · fighting5 min
- 19:45 into the second periodSteve Richmond · fighting5 min
- 10:08 into the third periodBrian Engblom · delaying game2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodWillie Huber · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 41Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Rick LapointeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Craig RedmondD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob JanecykG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Darren EliotG | W | 23 | 5 | .783 |