Hartford Whalers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, October 17, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, October 17, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Whalers outshot the Devils 22–19.
Greg Malone scored twice. Mark Johnson, Ray Neufeld, Dave Pichette, Kirk Muller and Kevin Dineen also scored.
Steve Weeks made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Malone (2)Scot Kleinendorst (1), Torrie Robertson (4)1–011:57 HFD
Mark Johnson (1)Kirk Muller (2), Tim Higgins (1)1–118:29 NJD
2nd period
Ray Neufeld (1)Ron Francis (4), Jorgen Pettersson (2)2–104:22 HFD · 
Dave Pichette (1)Greg Adams (7), Paul Gagne (3)2–216:16 NJD ·
3rd period
Kirk Muller (2)Craig Wolanin (2), Bob Lorimer (1)2–304:24 NJD- Greg Malone (3)Torrie Robertson (5), Dana Murzyn (2)3–315:05 HFD
Overtime
Kevin Dineen (4)Ray Ferraro (2), Scot Kleinendorst (2)4–301:49 HFD
Team stats
HFDNJD
2219
0%0%
1/31/2
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:13 into the first period
Sylvain Turgeon · tripping2 min - 2:59 into the second period
Bob Lorimer · interference2 min - 9:38 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 9:38 into the second periodJan Ludvig · roughing2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodGreg Malone · roughing2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodJan Ludvig · roughing2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodRich Preston · roughing2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodMel Bridgman · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 14Greg MaloneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 19 | 3 | .842 |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |