New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, November 2, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 6–5 in overtime on Saturday, November 2, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 44–24.
Mark Pavelich scored twice and Peter McNab scored twice. Mike Ridley, George McPhee, Mark Osborne, Rich Preston, Aaron Broten, Tim Higgins and Mel Bridgman also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 19 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 2 of 4.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Pavelich (6)Reijo Ruotsalainen (6), Tomas Sandstrom (3)1–001:20 NYR
2nd period
Mike Ridley (3)Kelly Miller (3), Mark Osborne (6)2–006:13 NYR- Mark Pavelich (7)Don Maloney (4), Reijo Ruotsalainen (7)3–016:57 NYR ·
3rd period
George McPhee (1)Peter Sundstrom (3), Reijo Ruotsalainen (8)4–001:07 NYR
Peter McNab (3)Rich Preston (2), Mel Bridgman (3)4–104:48 NJD- Peter McNab (4)Aaron Broten (6)4–207:11 NJD ·
Mark Osborne (3)Barry Beck (4), Mike Ridley (6)5–211:46 NYR · 
Rich Preston (3)Mel Bridgman (4), Dave Pichette (5)5–314:32 NJD · 
Aaron Broten (2)John MacLean (4), Uli Hiemer (4)5–415:47 NJD
Tim Higgins (3)Doug Sulliman (3), Peter McNab (2)5–519:28 NJD
Overtime
Mel Bridgman (4)Peter McNab (3), Rich Preston (3)5–600:50 NJD
Team stats
NYRNJD
2444
0%0%
2/42/9
3634
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Jan Ludvig · fighting5 min - 2:26 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · high sticking2 min - 4:26 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · fighting5 min
- 8:20 into the first periodJan Ludvig · fighting5 min
- 8:20 into the first periodGeorge McPhee · fighting5 min
- 10:29 into the first periodUli Hiemer · holding2 min
- 13:44 into the first periodJames Patrick · roughing2 min
- 18:21 into the first periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodWillie Huber · roughing2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodReijo Ruotsalainen · hooking2 min
- 9:34 into the second periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · hooking2 min
- 14:07 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodJohn MacLean · holding2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodJoe Cirella · game misconduct10 min
- 18:17 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodJames Patrick · roughing2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodRon Greschner · cross checking2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodTerry Kleisinger · goalie leave crease2 min
- 0:17 into the third periodRon Greschner · roughing2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
- 11:35 into the third periodUli Hiemer · hooking2 min
- 14:14 into the third periodMark Osborne · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 4 | 2 | .500 |
| 44Terry KleisingerG | 40 | 4 | .900 |
New Jersey Devils
| 7Peter McNabC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |