Vancouver Canucks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 20, 1985 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–3 on Sunday, October 20, 1985 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 27–23.
Kelly Miller scored twice. Reijo Ruotsalainen, Tomas Sandstrom, Jean-Marc Lanthier, Petri Skriko and Stan Smyl also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (1)Barry Beck (2), Mark Pavelich (4)0–105:20 NYR · 
Tomas Sandstrom (4)Mike Ridley (2), Kelly Miller (1)0–219:38 NYR
2nd period
Kelly Miller (1)Mark Osborne (2), James Patrick (4)0–307:54 NYR
Jean-Marc Lanthier (3)J.J. Daigneault (4), Jiri Bubla (2)1–317:23 VAN ·
3rd period
Petri Skriko (3)Patrik Sundstrom (3)2–301:31 VAN
Stan Smyl (2)Moe Lemay (3), Thomas Gradin (1)3–302:50 VAN- Kelly Miller (2)Mike Ridley (3), Barry Beck (3)3–404:15 NYR
Team stats
VANNYR
2327
0%0%
1/61/4
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:36 into the first period
Glen Cochrane · slashing2 min - 6:21 into the first period
Tomas Sandstrom · interference2 min - 6:21 into the first periodGarth Butcher · high sticking2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 13:30 into the first periodGarth Butcher · tripping2 min
- 2:45 into the second periodPeter Sundstrom · interference2 min
- 3:15 into the second periodWillie Huber · high sticking2 min
- 3:15 into the second periodMoe Lemay · high sticking2 min
- 4:56 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:30 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · holding2 min
- 10:57 into the second periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
- 16:20 into the second periodReijo Ruotsalainen · interference2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodGarth Butcher · tripping2 min
- 7:24 into the third periodDave Lowry · cross checking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Jean-Marc LanthierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Taylor HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Neil BellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
New York Rangers
| 10Kelly MillerL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 44Terry KleisingerG | 0 | 0 | – |