Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 1985 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 6–5 on Sunday, December 29, 1985 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 31–28.
Goals came from Alan Haworth, Mike Gartner, Larry Murphy, Brian MacLellan, Tomas Sandstrom, Mike Ridley, Bob Brooke, Rob Whistle, Scott Stevens, Don Maloney and Jorgen Pettersson.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 23 saves on 28 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Alan Haworth (19)Unassisted1–013:05 WSH
Mike Gartner (19)Lou Franceschetti (7)2–018:07 WSH
2nd period
Larry Murphy (12)Dave Christian (17), Craig Laughlin (26)3–000:33 WSH · 
Brian MacLellan (9)James Patrick (14), Raimo Helminen (13)3–102:28 NYR · 
Tomas Sandstrom (14)Raimo Helminen (14)3–203:35 NYR · 
Mike Ridley (11)Brian MacLellan (14), Tomas Sandstrom (16)3–311:44 NYR
Bob Brooke (16)Ron Greschner (14), Larry Melnyk (5)3–414:13 NYR · 
Rob Whistle (2)Brian MacLellan (15), Mike Ridley (17)3–515:57 NYR
3rd period
Scott Stevens (5)Craig Laughlin (27), Larry Murphy (16)4–505:48 WSH
Don Maloney (3)James Patrick (15), Dave Gagner (3)4–611:02 NYR
Jorgen Pettersson (7)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (25), Rod Langway (6)5–615:31 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
2831
0%0%
1/43/4
2626
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:49 into the first period
Mark Osborne · interference2 min - 11:36 into the first periodWillie Huber · roughing2 min
- 11:36 into the first period
Lou Franceschetti · roughing2 min - 19:10 into the first periodMike Ridley · interference2 min
- 1:55 into the second periodBob Brooke · roughing2 min
- 1:55 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 1:55 into the second periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 1:55 into the second periodGreg Adams · cross checking2 min
- 4:13 into the second periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodMike Gartner · holding2 min
- 14:31 into the second periodDave Gagner · roughing2 min
- 14:31 into the second periodPeter Andersson · charging2 min
- 1:02 into the third periodBob Brooke · interference2 min
- 3:32 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · fighting5 min
- 3:32 into the third periodEd Kastelic · roughing2 min
- 3:32 into the third periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 13:09 into the third periodMike Ridley · roughing2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodMike Ridley · fighting5 min
- 13:09 into the third periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 39Rob WhistleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 28 | 5 | .821 |