New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, February 24, 1985 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 4–3 in overtime on Sunday, February 24, 1985 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 29–22.
Bob Gainey scored twice. Paul Boutilier, Clark Gillies, Mario Tremblay, Pat LaFontaine and Guy Carbonneau also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Boutilier (11)Unassisted1–008:40 NYI · 
Clark Gillies (12)Pat LaFontaine (32)2–017:47 NYI
2nd period
Mario Tremblay (23)Mats Naslund (30), Tom Kurvers (25)2–102:30 MTL
Pat LaFontaine (16)Clark Gillies (14)3–106:39 NYI
Bob Gainey (14)Craig Ludwig (13)3–212:06 MTL
3rd period
Guy Carbonneau (17)Bob Gainey (10), Chris Nilan (14)3–312:08 MTL
Overtime
- Bob Gainey (15)Guy Carbonneau (26), Chris Nilan (15)3–400:44 MTL
Team stats
NYIMTL
2229
0%0%
0/20/6
124
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:01 into the first period
Denis Potvin · interference2 min - 11:04 into the first period
Chris Chelios · holding2 min - 16:33 into the first periodStefan Persson · hooking2 min
- 17:45 into the first periodMario Tremblay · slashing2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodGord Dineen · cross checking2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodClark Gillies · cross checking2 min
- 0:55 into the third periodBrent Sutter · holding2 min
- 13:31 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 23Bob GaineyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Alfie TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Serge BoisvertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |