New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 6–1 on Thursday, December 26, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 35–21.
Normand Lacombe scored twice. Gilles Hamel, Dave Andreychuk, John Tucker, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Gaetano Orlando also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Normand Lacombe (1)Unassisted0–106:11 BUF
Gilles Hamel (8)Dave Andreychuk (18), Phil Housley (11)0–211:53 BUF ·
2nd period
- Normand Lacombe (2)Gilles Hamel (18), Richie Dunn (2)0–308:35 BUF ·
Dave Andreychuk (13)Phil Housley (12)0–416:20 BUF
3rd period
John Tucker (11)Pat Hughes (7), Don Lever (1)0–503:37 BUF
Reijo Ruotsalainen (8)Bob Brooke (13)1–513:04 NYR
Gaetano Orlando (7)Mike Ramsey (10)1–613:27 BUF
Team stats
NYRBUF
2135
0%0%
0/22/2
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:11 into the first period
Larry Playfair · hooking2 min - 10:46 into the first period
Raimo Helminen · holding2 min - 4:53 into the second periodPhil Housley · roughing2 min
- 4:53 into the second periodReijo Ruotsalainen · high sticking2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 19:11 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · slashing2 min
- 19:11 into the third periodMark Pavelich · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 9 | 2 | .778 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Gilles HamelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |