New York Rangers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, October 12, 1985 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Rangers 8–2 on Saturday, October 12, 1985 at Hartford Civic Center. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 35–29.
Ray Ferraro scored twice and Ron Francis scored twice. Mark Pavelich, Bob Brooke, Jorgen Pettersson, Kevin Dineen, Torrie Robertson and Risto Siltanen also scored.
Mike Liut made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 15 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Pavelich (2)Mark Osborne (1), Tomas Sandstrom (1)1–000:22 NYR
Bob Brooke (2)Mark Pavelich (1), Reijo Ruotsalainen (1)2–002:05 NYR · 
Jorgen Pettersson (1)Unassisted2–104:52 HFD
Ray Ferraro (1)Ron Francis (1), Ray Neufeld (1)2–211:21 HFD ·
2nd period
Kevin Dineen (3)Ray Ferraro (1), Sylvain Turgeon (2)2–302:50 HFD
Ron Francis (1)Jorgen Pettersson (1), Ray Neufeld (2)2–411:53 HFD ·
3rd period
- Ron Francis (2)Bob Crawford (2)2–505:36 HFD
Torrie Robertson (1)Bob Crawford (3), Dana Murzyn (1)2–609:58 HFD- Ray Ferraro (2)Risto Siltanen (3)2–711:23 HFD ·
Risto Siltanen (1)Torrie Robertson (3), Ron Francis (2)2–813:22 HFD ·
Team stats
NYRHFD
3529
0%0%
1/74/5
1014
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:37 into the first period
Ray Ferraro · cross checking2 min - 2:05 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:33 into the first period
Mark Osborne · slashing2 min - 13:33 into the first periodGeorge McPhee · holding2 min
- 6:15 into the second periodGreg Malone · holding2 min
- 10:22 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
- 13:06 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · tripping2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodDana Murzyn · hooking2 min
- 6:07 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 9:48 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · holding2 min
- 11:59 into the third periodBob Brooke · holding2 min
- 16:51 into the third periodGreg Malone · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Mark PavelichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 21 | 6 | .714 |
| 44Terry KleisingerG | 8 | 2 | .750 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |