New York Rangers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Wednesday, March 6, 1985 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–3 on Wednesday, March 6, 1985 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Rangers 43–24.
Goals came from Jan Erixon, Don Maloney, Reijo Ruotsalainen, George McPhee, Mark Pavelich, Doug Halward, Michel Petit, Tony Tanti and Steve Patrick.
Glen Hanlon made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Frank Caprice stopped 11 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Jan Erixon (6)Robbie Ftorek (9), Peter Sundstrom (24)1–003:32 NYR
Don Maloney (10)Pierre Larouche (33), Steve Patrick (16)2–015:06 NYR
2nd period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (23)Ron Greschner (23)3–007:32 NYR · 
George McPhee (10)Tomas Sandstrom (23), Robbie Ftorek (10)4–011:41 NYR
Mark Pavelich (9)Mark Osborne (2)5–012:31 NYR
Doug Halward (7)Patrik Sundstrom (36), Tony Tanti (18)5–118:25 VAN
3rd period
Michel Petit (3)Unassisted5–204:41 VAN
Tony Tanti (30)Patrik Sundstrom (37), Doug Lidster (19)5–307:15 VAN · 
Steve Patrick (12)Unassisted6–319:00 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRVAN
2443
0%0%
1/21/4
139
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:52 into the first period
Barry Beck · holding2 min - 4:52 into the second periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
- 7:08 into the second period
Peter McNab · holding2 min - 7:44 into the second periodJames Patrick · holding2 min
- 13:58 into the second periodMichel Petit · hooking2 min
- 2:54 into the third periodJames Patrick · fighting5 min
- 2:54 into the third periodStan Smyl · fighting5 min
- 5:26 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 43 | 3 | .930 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Jean-Marc LanthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | L | 14 | 3 | .786 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 9 | 2 | .778 |