New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 1985 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 8–3 on Saturday, December 28, 1985 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 30–26.
Mike Mcphee scored a hat trick. Bruce Driver, Mats Naslund, Peter McNab, Larry Robinson, Brian Skrudland, Bobby Smith, Ryan Walter and Doug Sulliman also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 20 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Bruce Driver (2)Perry Anderson (5), Mark Johnson (16)1–002:56 NJD
Mats Naslund (26)Mario Tremblay (7), Larry Robinson (30)1–108:51 MTL · 
Peter McNab (12)John MacLean (14), Mel Bridgman (15)2–111:49 NJD
Mike Mcphee (7)Guy Carbonneau (16), Tom Kurvers (7)2–214:29 MTL- Mike Mcphee (8)Mike Lalor (3), Chris Nilan (6)2–319:03 MTL
2nd period
Larry Robinson (9)Kjell Dahlin (21), Ryan Walter (19)2–401:57 MTL · 
Brian Skrudland (5)Mario Tremblay (8), Mike Mcphee (7)2–502:14 MTL
Bobby Smith (13)Kjell Dahlin (22), Petr Svoboda (8)2–605:07 MTL- Mike Mcphee (9)Mario Tremblay (9)2–705:59 MTL
Ryan Walter (7)Steve Rooney (3), Lucien DeBlois (4)2–819:12 MTL
3rd period
Doug Sulliman (10)Peter McNab (12), Dave Lewis (8)3–803:14 NJD
Team stats
NJDMTL
2630
0%0%
0/52/5
3727
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:34 into the first period
Craig Ludwig · roughing2 min - 7:15 into the first period
Perry Anderson · holding2 min - 9:19 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · holding2 min
- 15:28 into the first periodBob Lorimer · tripping2 min
- 1:27 into the second periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 8:32 into the second periodGuy Carbonneau · fighting5 min
- 8:32 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:32 into the second periodPat Verbeek · fighting5 min
- 8:32 into the second periodMel Bridgman · misconduct10 min
- 8:32 into the second periodUli Hiemer · roughing2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodJan Ludvig · tripping2 min
- 12:33 into the third periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
- 14:43 into the third periodBobby Smith · fighting5 min
- 14:43 into the third periodBob Lorimer · fighting5 min
- 16:21 into the third periodSteve Rooney · high sticking2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodSteve Rooney · fighting5 min
- 16:21 into the third periodKirk Muller · fighting5 min
- 19:00 into the third periodMike Mcphee · interference2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 27 | 7 | .741 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 3 | 1 | .667 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 35Mike McpheeL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve RooneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |