New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, November 29, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Friday, November 29, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 29–26.
Goals came from Ron Greschner, Alan Haworth, Mark Pavelich, Raimo Helminen, Scott Stevens, Willie Huber and Bob Brooke.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Greschner (7)Jan Erixon (14), Bob Brooke (7)1–001:22 NYR
Alan Haworth (13)Scott Stevens (7), Darren Veitch (3)1–106:46 WSH
Mark Pavelich (14)Tomas Sandstrom (10)2–109:00 NYR
Raimo Helminen (3)Mark Osborne (10), Mark Pavelich (12)3–110:34 NYR · 
Scott Stevens (2)Alan Haworth (11), Greg Adams (14)3–214:01 WSH ·
2nd period
Willie Huber (1)Jan Erixon (15), Steve Patrick (2)4–210:21 NYR
Bob Brooke (10)Tomas Sandstrom (11)5–219:11 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
2629
0%0%
1/51/5
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:29 into the first period
Greg Adams · hooking2 min - 11:32 into the first period
Bob Brooke · hooking2 min - 12:00 into the first periodMark Osborne · hooking2 min
- 13:32 into the first periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
- 14:25 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · slashing2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodTony Feltrin · interference2 min
- 17:03 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
- 0:20 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 0:20 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
- 4:43 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · holding2 min
- 11:59 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Tony FeltrinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ron ScottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Washington Capitals
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |