Hartford Whalers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Thursday, December 26, 1985 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Whalers 31–24.
Goals came from Dave Tippett, Scot Kleinendorst, Greg Gilbert, Dave Babych, Dean Evason, Denis Potvin and Bryan Trottier.
Steve Weeks made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Tippett (7)Dean Evason (9), Bob Crawford (12)1–014:02 HFD
Scot Kleinendorst (1)Unassisted2–018:45 HFD
2nd period
Greg Gilbert (3)Gerald Diduck (2), Denis Potvin (11)2–106:57 NYI
Dave Babych (9)Stew Gavin (11), Dean Evason (10)3–115:21 HFD · 
Dean Evason (4)Paul Lawless (11), Stew Gavin (12)4–117:31 HFD
3rd period
Denis Potvin (9)Bob Bourne (3)4–212:09 NYI
Bryan Trottier (14)Mike Bossy (25), Tomas Jonsson (10)4–318:07 NYI
Team stats
HFDNYI
2431
0%0%
0/40/3
136
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:01 into the first period
Kevin Dineen · elbowing2 min - 10:01 into the first period
Paul Boutilier · cross checking2 min - 11:37 into the first periodMark Hamway · tripping2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodScot Kleinendorst · holding2 min
- 1:00 into the second periodDana Murzyn · slashing2 min
- 14:00 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 0:46 into the third periodRandy Boyd · holding2 min
- 3:12 into the third periodDana Murzyn · high sticking5 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 34Mark HamwayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |