New Jersey Devils vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 1985 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New Jersey Devils 7–6 on Saturday, December 21, 1985 at Hartford Civic Center. The Devils outshot the Whalers 31–30.
Bob Crawford scored twice and Kirk Muller scored twice. Greg Adams, Dave Pichette, Torrie Robertson, Paul Lawless, Stew Gavin, Ron Francis, Paul Macdermid, Paul Gagne and Mel Bridgman also scored.
Mike Liut made 25 saves on 31 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 20 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Adams (13)Pat Verbeek (13)1–000:09 NJD
Bob Crawford (9)Ron Francis (27), Ray Ferraro (13)1–104:37 HFD · 
Dave Pichette (4)Aaron Broten (16), Pat Verbeek (14)2–106:05 NJD · 
Kirk Muller (9)John MacLean (12)3–108:05 NJD
Torrie Robertson (6)Ray Ferraro (14)3–217:06 HFD ·
2nd period
Paul Lawless (11)Stew Gavin (10), Dean Evason (7)3–311:56 HFD
Stew Gavin (11)Paul Lawless (10), Dean Evason (8)3–412:13 HFD
Ron Francis (13)Sylvain Turgeon (11), Kevin Dineen (17)3–515:30 HFD- Bob Crawford (10)Ray Ferraro (15), Torrie Robertson (17)3–619:14 HFD
3rd period
Paul Macdermid (1)Sylvain Turgeon (12), Ron Francis (28)3–700:59 HFD- Kirk Muller (10)Tim Higgins (8), Craig Wolanin (9)4–702:07 NJD
Paul Gagne (6)Tim Higgins (9)5–707:48 NJD
Mel Bridgman (10)Kirk Muller (17), Tim Higgins (10)6–715:26 NJD
Team stats
NJDHFD
3130
0%0%
1/52/4
3537
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Risto Siltanen · holding2 min - 3:12 into the first period
Dave Pichette · tripping2 min - 4:49 into the first periodStew Gavin · holding2 min
- 16:58 into the first periodDave Pichette · tripping2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodSylvain Turgeon · holding2 min
- 4:45 into the second periodJoe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 12:25 into the second periodDave Babych · interference2 min
- 13:13 into the second periodScot Kleinendorst · fighting5 min
- 13:13 into the second periodJohn MacLean · slashing2 min
- 13:13 into the second periodJohn MacLean · fighting5 min
- 4:47 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · interference2 min
- 11:57 into the third periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
- 11:57 into the third periodTim Higgins · high sticking2 min
- 14:33 into the third periodKevin Dineen · fighting5 min
- 14:33 into the third periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 19:43 into the third periodKevin Dineen · fighting5 min
- 19:43 into the third periodKevin Dineen · misconduct10 min
- 19:43 into the third periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 19:43 into the third periodJoe Cirella · misconduct10 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 27 | 7 | .741 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |