New York Islanders vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 1985 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, December 31, 1985 at Joe Louis Arena. The Islanders outshot the Red Wings 38–28.
Ron Duguay scored twice. Bryan Trottier, Steve Yzerman, Mike Bossy, Lane Lambert, Stefan Persson, Paul Boutilier and Mikko Makela also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mark Laforest stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (15)Duane Sutter (14), Stefan Persson (10)1–004:34 NYI · 
Steve Yzerman (9)John Ogrodnick (8)1–105:24 DET · 
Ron Duguay (11)John Ogrodnick (9), Greg Smith (12)1–211:05 DET- Ron Duguay (12)Kelly Kisio (23)1–311:51 DET
2nd period
Mike Bossy (24)Greg Gilbert (7), Stefan Persson (11)2–318:35 NYI ·
3rd period
Lane Lambert (2)Dwight Foster (10), Billy Carroll (3)2–404:24 DET
Stefan Persson (1)Mikko Makela (4), Clark Gillies (5)3–410:56 NYI · 
Paul Boutilier (1)Ken Morrow (6), Patrick Flatley (13)4–414:16 NYI
Overtime
Mikko Makela (5)Patrick Flatley (14), John Tonelli (27)5–400:53 NYI
Team stats
NYIDET
3828
0%0%
3/71/3
2533
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:12 into the first period
Lane Lambert · fighting5 min - 1:12 into the first period
Greg Gilbert · fighting5 min - 3:12 into the first periodBob Probert · hooking2 min
- 4:56 into the first periodKen Morrow · tripping2 min
- 6:38 into the first periodBob Probert · fighting5 min
- 6:38 into the first periodClark Gillies · fighting5 min
- 8:21 into the first periodLane Lambert · fighting5 min
- 8:21 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · fighting5 min
- 12:48 into the first periodJohn Barrett · interference2 min
- 3:02 into the second periodKelly Kisio · interference2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodGreg Gilbert · roughing2 min
- 13:45 into the second periodBilly Carroll · holding2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · tripping2 min
- 16:38 into the second periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 8:21 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · holding2 min
- 10:37 into the third periodJoey Kocur · hooking2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodKen Morrow · tripping2 min
- 11:50 into the third periodJoey Kocur · interference2 min
- 11:50 into the third periodKelly Hrudey · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Mark HamwayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Ron DuguayC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Tim FridayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mark LaforestG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |