New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Saturday, December 21, 1985 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 38–35.
Goals came from Duane Sutter, Ron Greschner, Mark Osborne, Raimo Helminen, Pat LaFontaine, Willie Huber, Denis Potvin, Peter Sundstrom and Bryan Trottier.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 16 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Duane Sutter (10)Randy Boyd (3), Pat LaFontaine (9)0–106:17 NYI
Ron Greschner (11)Don Maloney (6), Reijo Ruotsalainen (18)1–107:25 NYR
Mark Osborne (10)Reijo Ruotsalainen (19), Raimo Helminen (10)2–119:08 NYR ·
2nd period
Raimo Helminen (5)Reijo Ruotsalainen (20)3–103:28 NYR
Pat LaFontaine (18)Mike Bossy (21), John Tonelli (22)3–204:39 NYI
Willie Huber (2)Mike Ridley (16)4–209:09 NYR
Denis Potvin (8)Pat LaFontaine (10), John Tonelli (23)4–314:03 NYI ·
3rd period
Peter Sundstrom (3)Raimo Helminen (11), James Patrick (12)5–309:49 NYR
Bryan Trottier (13)Randy Boyd (4), Clark Gillies (4)5–418:13 NYI
Team stats
NYRNYI
3835
0%0%
1/21/4
2218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:53 into the first period
Larry Melnyk · holding2 min - 6:17 into the first period
Duane Sutter · fighting5 min - 6:17 into the first periodMark Osborne · fighting5 min
- 12:57 into the first periodKen Morrow · tripping2 min
- 14:54 into the first periodMike Ridley · tripping2 min
- 18:04 into the first periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 11:31 into the second periodDuane Sutter · elbowing2 min
- 11:31 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 11:31 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · roughing2 min
- 11:31 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · fighting5 min
- 12:53 into the second periodBob Bourne · roughing2 min
- 12:53 into the second periodMark Pavelich · holding2 min
- 12:53 into the second periodReijo Ruotsalainen · roughing2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mark HamwayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 17 | 1 | .941 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 21 | 4 | .809 |