New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 24, 1985 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 4–3 in overtime on Sunday, November 24, 1985 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 32–22.
Reijo Ruotsalainen scored twice. Ken Leiter, Mike Bossy, Pat LaFontaine, Bob Brooke and Greg Gilbert also scored.
Billy Smith made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Ron Scott stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Leiter (1)Neal Coulter (3), Brent Sutter (3)1–002:30 NYI
Mike Bossy (13)Bob Bassen (1)2–011:15 NYI
Reijo Ruotsalainen (4)James Patrick (9), Raimo Helminen (4)2–118:14 NYR ·
2nd period
Pat LaFontaine (12)Neal Coulter (4), Stefan Persson (7)3–104:02 NYI
Bob Brooke (8)Ron Greschner (9), Jan Erixon (11)3–213:03 NYR
3rd period
- Reijo Ruotsalainen (5)Jan Erixon (12), Ron Greschner (10)3–315:32 NYR
Overtime
Greg Gilbert (2)Unassisted4–301:57 NYI
Team stats
NYINYR
2232
0%0%
0/41/5
2018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:43 into the first period
Mark Osborne · high sticking2 min - 6:27 into the first period
Patrick Flatley · slashing2 min - 6:27 into the first periodMike Allison · slashing2 min
- 12:29 into the first periodBilly Smith · roughing2 min
- 13:40 into the first periodGrant Ledyard · hooking2 min
- 16:44 into the first periodPatrick Flatley · holding2 min
- 16:44 into the first periodPatrick Flatley · roughing2 min
- 16:44 into the first periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 1:49 into the second periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 6:10 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodKen Morrow · tripping2 min
- 18:49 into the second periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
- 18:49 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · elbowing2 min
- 10:19 into the third periodMike Bossy · high sticking2 min
- 12:56 into the third periodRon Greschner · elbowing2 min
- 16:30 into the third periodGord Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 16:30 into the third periodBilly Smith · roughing2 min
- 16:30 into the third periodJames Patrick · roughing2 min
- 16:30 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 32Neal CoulterR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Ken LeiterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Roger KortkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Mark HamwayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
New York Rangers
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 41Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ron ScottG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |