New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 23, 1985 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 5–1 on Wednesday, October 23, 1985 at Madison Square Garden. The Devils outshot the Rangers 32–28.
Goals came from Doug Sulliman, Mark Osborne, Mark Pavelich, Mike Ridley, Grant Ledyard and Bob Brooke.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Sulliman (2)Bruce Driver (2)1–001:10 NJD · 
Mark Osborne (1)Ron Greschner (2), Mike Ridley (4)1–103:40 NYR · 
Mark Pavelich (3)Grant Ledyard (3), Tomas Sandstrom (2)1–206:55 NYR · 
Mike Ridley (2)Willie Huber (2), Mark Osborne (3)1–318:34 NYR
2nd period
Grant Ledyard (2)Mark Osborne (4)1–414:45 NYR
3rd period
Bob Brooke (3)James Patrick (5), Peter Sundstrom (1)1–515:53 NYR
Team stats
NJDNYR
3228
0%0%
1/62/7
2927
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Bob Brooke · interference2 min - 3:18 into the first period
John MacLean · interference2 min - 5:41 into the first periodDave Pichette · hooking2 min
- 8:19 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · fighting5 min
- 8:19 into the first periodSteve Patrick · fighting5 min
- 13:31 into the first periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 14:53 into the first periodMark Pavelich · hooking2 min
- 2:07 into the second periodRich Preston · hooking2 min
- 8:06 into the second periodDon Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 18:21 into the second periodPeter Sundstrom · hooking2 min
- 1:44 into the third periodMark Pavelich · tripping2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 7:38 into the third periodPat Verbeek · misconduct10 min
- 7:38 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · misconduct10 min
- 12:25 into the third periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodAaron Broten · tripping2 min
- 19:05 into the third periodRich Preston · elbowing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
New York Rangers
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
| 44Terry KleisingerG | 0 | 0 | – |