Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, December 27, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 7–3 on Friday, December 27, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 36–34.
Chris Nilan scored twice and Kjell Dahlin scored twice. Aaron Broten, Jan Ludvig, Tom Kurvers, Bobby Smith, Pat Verbeek and Steve Rooney also scored.
Patrick Roy made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Aaron Broten (11)Kirk Muller (18), John MacLean (13)0–100:20 NJD
Chris Nilan (5)Guy Carbonneau (14)1–102:56 MTL
Jan Ludvig (3)Peter McNab (11), Dave Lewis (7)1–215:15 NJD- Chris Nilan (6)Guy Carbonneau (15)2–219:58 MTL
2nd period
Tom Kurvers (5)Bobby Smith (27)3–203:31 MTL · 
Bobby Smith (12)Kjell Dahlin (20), Mats Naslund (34)4–207:54 MTL
Pat Verbeek (7)Craig Wolanin (10)4–309:57 NJD
Kjell Dahlin (18)Mike Mcphee (6)5–317:23 MTL
3rd period
Steve Rooney (2)Mario Tremblay (6), Mats Naslund (35)6–305:26 MTL · - Kjell Dahlin (19)Bobby Smith (28), Mats Naslund (36)7–316:10 MTL
Team stats
MTLNJD
3436
0%0%
2/50/5
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:29 into the first period
Craig Ludwig · interference2 min - 11:24 into the first period
Craig Wolanin · tripping2 min - 17:20 into the first periodMats Naslund · cross checking2 min
- 3:28 into the second periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
- 4:55 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · hooking2 min
- 11:21 into the second periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodSteve Rooney · roughing2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 3:40 into the third periodDave Lewis · tripping2 min
- 7:14 into the third periodAlfie Turcotte · holding2 min
- 12:11 into the third periodGuy Carbonneau · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Steve RooneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Tom KurversD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Alfie TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
New Jersey Devils
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |