Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 18, 1985 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Wednesday, December 18, 1985 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 36–33.
Tomas Sandstrom scored twice. Bob Brooke, Gilbert Perreault, Sean Mckenna, Dave Andreychuk, Mike Ramsey, Mike Ridley and Don Lever also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Sandstrom (12)Mike Ridley (14), Kelly Miller (5)0–111:35 NYR
Bob Brooke (15)Mike Ridley (15), Tomas Sandstrom (15)0–216:29 NYR ·
2nd period
- Tomas Sandstrom (13)Glen Hanlon (1)0–301:56 NYR ·
Gilbert Perreault (13)Phil Housley (8), Lindy Ruff (7)1–313:03 BUF · 
Sean Mckenna (5)Gaetano Orlando (7), Phil Housley (9)2–315:48 BUF
3rd period
Dave Andreychuk (12)Lindy Ruff (8)3–301:35 BUF
Mike Ramsey (4)Mikael Andersson (6), Gaetano Orlando (8)4–305:53 BUF
Mike Ridley (9)Mark Osborne (12), Reijo Ruotsalainen (17)4–413:18 NYR · 
Don Lever (3)Richie Dunn (1)5–417:05 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYR
3336
0%0%
1/72/4
1218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:16 into the first period
Willie Huber · holding2 min - 14:54 into the first period
Gilles Hamel · tripping2 min - 19:36 into the first periodRichie Dunn · interference2 min
- 1:00 into the second periodBrian MacLellan · interference2 min
- 3:27 into the second periodJohn Tucker · hooking2 min
- 11:37 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · holding2 min
- 16:31 into the second periodBrian MacLellan · hooking2 min
- 19:21 into the second periodGlen Hanlon · interference2 min
- 2:05 into the third periodGilles Hamel · slashing2 min
- 2:05 into the third periodRob Whistle · slashing2 min
- 6:18 into the third periodBob Brooke · tripping2 min
- 9:15 into the third periodMark Osborne · tripping2 min
- 12:07 into the third periodRichie Dunn · interference2 min
- 18:42 into the third periodTom Barrasso · slashing2 min
- 18:42 into the third periodMark Osborne · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Jim HoffordD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
New York Rangers
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 32Tony FeltrinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 39Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |