New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 13, 1985 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 3–2 in overtime on Sunday, October 13, 1985 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 35–23.
Goals came from Mel Bridgman, Jan Ludvig, Tomas Sandstrom, Raimo Helminen and Rich Preston.
Alain Chevrier made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Terry Kleisinger stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Mel Bridgman (1)Dave Pichette (1), Aaron Broten (2)1–008:38 NJD · 
Jan Ludvig (2)Paul Gagne (2), Bruce Driver (1)2–015:05 NJD
Tomas Sandstrom (1)Barry Beck (1), Mark Pavelich (2)2–115:39 NYR ·
3rd period
Raimo Helminen (1)Reijo Ruotsalainen (2), Mike Ridley (1)2–217:47 NYR ·
Overtime
Rich Preston (1)Dave Pichette (2)3–203:41 NJD
Team stats
NJDNYR
2335
0%0%
1/72/8
2018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Ron Greschner · holding2 min - 0:57 into the first period
John MacLean · holding2 min - 5:06 into the first periodMark Osborne · high sticking2 min
- 7:17 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 10:31 into the first periodBruce Driver · holding2 min
- 15:32 into the first periodAaron Broten · hooking2 min
- 16:52 into the first periodKirk Muller · interference2 min
- 18:45 into the first periodSteve Patrick · cross checking2 min
- 1:31 into the second periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 5:53 into the second periodUli Hiemer · holding2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodRich Preston · roughing2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodBob Brooke · cross checking2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodBob Brooke · roughing2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodMike Allison · holding2 min
- 12:39 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · cross checking2 min
- 11:03 into the third periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 15:15 into the third periodPaul Gagne · high sticking2 min
- 15:15 into the third periodBarry Beck · high sticking2 min
- 16:06 into the third periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
| 33Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 44Terry KleisingerG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |