Quebec Nordiques vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, October 24, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–5 on Thursday, October 24, 1985 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Nordiques outshot the Islanders 38–23.
Denis Potvin scored twice. Michel Goulet, Paul Gillis, Randy Moller, Mike Bossy, Tomas Jonsson, John Tonelli, Pat LaFontaine, John Anderson and Mike Eagles also scored.
Billy Smith made 16 saves on 21 shots for the win; Richard Sevigny stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Michel Goulet (2)Jean-Francois Sauve (2), Peter Stastny (6)1–003:13 QUE · 
Paul Gillis (3)Pat Price (4), Mike Eagles (2)2–005:13 QUE
Denis Potvin (2)Unassisted2–107:06 NYI- Denis Potvin (3)Patrick Flatley (2), Roger Kortko (2)2–207:40 NYI
Randy Moller (1)Unassisted3–214:21 QUE
Mike Bossy (5)Ari Haanpaa (5), Pat LaFontaine (1)3–314:49 NYI
Tomas Jonsson (1)Roger Kortko (3), Mark Hamway (1)3–416:26 NYI
2nd period
John Tonelli (2)Bryan Trottier (4), Denis Potvin (4)3–501:28 NYI · 
Pat LaFontaine (4)Mikko Makela (3), Tomas Jonsson (4)3–602:34 NYI
John Anderson (3)Unassisted4–609:50 QUE · 
Mike Eagles (2)Paul Gillis (3), Randy Moller (1)5–610:17 QUE
Team stats
QUENYI
3823
0%0%
2/81/5
2130
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:28 into the first period
Ari Haanpaa · hooking2 min - 11:00 into the first periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodPaul Boutilier · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodRandy Boyd · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first period
Bench · delaying game bench2 min - 20:00 into the first periodWilf Paiement · elbowing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodWilf Paiement · holding2 min
- 3:41 into the second periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 8:03 into the second periodSteven Finn · fighting5 min
- 10:56 into the second periodDavid Shaw · holding2 min
- 13:30 into the second periodPaul Boutilier · cross checking2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodJohn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 16:37 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · high sticking5 min
- 5:32 into the third periodDuane Sutter · hooking2 min
- 9:51 into the third periodRoger Kortko · roughing2 min
- 9:51 into the third periodDavid Shaw · roughing2 min
- 10:31 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · roughing2 min
- 10:31 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 11Mike EaglesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 15Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Alain LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 25Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richard SevignyG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Roger KortkoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Mark HamwayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Scott HowsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 17 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 21 | 5 | .762 |