New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, February 22, 1985 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–3 on Friday, February 22, 1985 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 42–26.
Peter Sundstrom scored a hat trick and Doug Shedden scored twice. Reijo Ruotsalainen, Steve Patrick, Bob Brooke, Ron Greschner, Anders Hedberg and Mario Lemieux also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Brian Ford stopped 18 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Sundstrom (14)Barry Beck (18), Jan Erixon (21)1–007:14 NYR · 
Reijo Ruotsalainen (21)Robbie Ftorek (5), Steve Richmond (4)2–007:52 NYR
Steve Patrick (10)James Patrick (21)3–012:51 NYR · 
Bob Brooke (6)George McPhee (11)4–019:23 NYR
2nd period
Doug Shedden (29)Randy Hillier (9)4–101:12 PIT
3rd period
- Peter Sundstrom (15)Jan Erixon (22)5–102:39 NYR
Ron Greschner (11)Unassisted6–103:40 NYR- Doug Shedden (30)Doug Bodger (21)6–207:06 PIT
Anders Hedberg (13)Mark Pavelich (13), Reijo Ruotsalainen (33)7–211:57 NYR- Peter Sundstrom (16)Ron Greschner (19), Robbie Ftorek (6)8–212:27 NYR
Mario Lemieux (27)Troy Loney (8)8–315:07 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
2642
0%0%
1/20/5
126
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:41 into the first period
Reijo Ruotsalainen · high sticking2 min - 8:46 into the first periodNick Fotiu · hooking2 min
- 12:09 into the first period
Mitch Lamoureux · elbowing2 min - 1:56 into the second periodMike Rogers · tripping2 min
- 5:53 into the second periodDoug Shedden · holding2 min
- 7:24 into the second periodMike Rogers · holding2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodMark Pavelich · slashing2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodMike Bullard · roughing2 min
- 16:28 into the second periodGeorge McPhee · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 25Peter SundstromL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 41Steve RichmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 42 | 3 | .929 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Doug SheddenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 33Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mitch LamoureuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve GatzosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe McDonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Brian FordG | L | 26 | 8 | .692 |