New Jersey Devils vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, December 4, 1985 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New Jersey Devils 10–7 on Wednesday, December 4, 1985 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Devils outshot the Maple Leafs 36–28.
Marian Stastny scored twice, Pat Verbeek scored twice and Steve Thomas scored twice. Dan Hodgson, Aaron Broten, Dave Pichette, Rich Preston, Jim Benning, Tim Higgins, Joe Cirella, Chris Kotsopoulos, Al Iafrate, Tom Fergus and Gary Leeman also scored.
Don Edwards made 29 saves on 36 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 6 of 9.
Scoring
1st period
Marian Stastny (8)Miroslav Frycer (11), Dan Hodgson (2)0–108:11 TOR · 
Dan Hodgson (4)Marian Stastny (8)0–210:34 TOR
Aaron Broten (5)Pat Verbeek (7)1–211:44 NJD- Marian Stastny (9)Dan Hodgson (3), Jim Benning (8)1–313:43 TOR
Dave Pichette (3)Kirk Muller (9), John MacLean (8)2–318:03 NJD
Rich Preston (9)Peter McNab (8), Mel Bridgman (11)3–319:17 NJD ·
2nd period
Jim Benning (1)Gary Leeman (12), Russ Courtnall (12)3–402:57 TOR
Pat Verbeek (4)Dave Pichette (8), Aaron Broten (12)4–404:41 NJD
Tim Higgins (5)Mark Johnson (8), Dave Pichette (9)5–408:16 NJD
Steve Thomas (4)Unassisted5–512:25 TOR
Joe Cirella (1)Tim Higgins (3)6–513:02 NJD
Chris Kotsopoulos (1)Tom Fergus (13)6–614:54 TOR- Steve Thomas (5)Al Iafrate (10), Brad Smith (2)6–718:36 TOR ·
3rd period
Al Iafrate (2)Russ Courtnall (13)6–806:26 TOR- Pat Verbeek (5)Doug Sulliman (5), Kirk Muller (10)7–812:27 NJD
Tom Fergus (8)Brad Smith (3), Steve Thomas (3)7–914:25 TOR
Gary Leeman (4)Greg Terrion (6), Chris Kotsopoulos (3)7–1014:37 TOR
Team stats
NJDTOR
3628
0%0%
1/62/4
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:48 into the first period
Dave Pichette · tripping2 min - 18:30 into the first period
Tom Fergus · interference2 min - 0:36 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · cross checking2 min
- 8:54 into the second periodJim Benning · hooking2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 0:56 into the third periodBob Lorimer · hooking2 min
- 4:42 into the third periodBob Lorimer · holding2 min
- 5:42 into the third periodTom Fergus · hooking2 min
- 14:58 into the third periodChris Kotsopoulos · interference2 min
- 17:07 into the third periodTom Fergus · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 9 | 3 | .667 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 19 | 7 | .632 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 10Marian StastnyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Dan HodgsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad SmithR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Don EdwardsG | W | 36 | 7 | .806 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |