Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, January 2, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 7–5 on Thursday, January 2, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
John Tonelli scored twice, Bryan Trottier scored twice and Mike Bossy scored twice. Michael Thelven, Geoff Courtnall, Kraig Nienhuis, Mike O'connell, Mikko Makela and Rick Middleton also scored.
Billy Smith made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Michael Thelven (3)Brian Curran (4), Randy Burridge (8)1–005:51 BOS
John Tonelli (12)Tomas Jonsson (12), Patrick Flatley (15)1–107:49 NYI
2nd period
Geoff Courtnall (6)Rick Middleton (19), Gord Kluzak (14)2–102:50 BOS
Kraig Nienhuis (12)Rick Middleton (20)3–105:42 BOS
3rd period
Bryan Trottier (16)Denis Potvin (12)3–203:11 NYI · - John Tonelli (13)Paul Boutilier (12)3–305:57 NYI
Mike O'connell (3)Geoff Courtnall (6), Barry Pederson (17)4–308:24 BOS · - Bryan Trottier (17)Bob Bourne (4)4–412:11 NYI
Mikko Makela (6)John Tonelli (28), Patrick Flatley (16)4–513:02 NYI
Rick Middleton (7)Ray Bourque (24), Geoff Courtnall (7)5–516:25 BOS
Mike Bossy (25)Bryan Trottier (23), Paul Boutilier (13)5–617:38 NYI- Mike Bossy (26)John Tonelli (29)5–719:43 NYI ·
Team stats
BOSNYI
2929
0%0%
1/41/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:20 into the first period
Denis Potvin · interference2 min - 13:13 into the first period
Michael Thelven · hooking2 min - 16:30 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 0:32 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · hooking2 min
- 3:22 into the second periodSteve Kasper · holding2 min
- 3:05 into the third periodRay Bourque · holding2 min
- 7:42 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 8:53 into the third periodKeith Crowder · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Kraig NienhuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave PasinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
New York Islanders
| 27John TonelliL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 5 | .828 |