New Jersey Devils vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 8, 1986 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8–7 on Wednesday, January 8, 1986 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Devils 39–37.
Bill Watson scored twice, Doug Sulliman scored twice, Greg Adams scored twice, Kirk Muller scored twice and Denis Savard scored twice. Troy Murray, Paul Gagne, Eddie Olczyk, Steve Larmer and John MacLean also scored.
Craig Billington made 32 saves on 39 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 29 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Troy Murray (24)Eddie Olczyk (23), Keith Brown (9)0–105:06 CHI
Bill Watson (5)Ken Yaremchuk (14), Behn Wilson (18)0–214:02 CHI
Doug Sulliman (11)Pat Verbeek (15)1–216:15 NJD · 
Paul Gagne (8)Mel Bridgman (18), Craig Billington (1)2–218:43 NJD · 
Greg Adams (14)Tim Higgins (11), Doug Sulliman (6)3–219:30 NJD
2nd period
- Bill Watson (6)Behn Wilson (19)3–302:40 CHI
Kirk Muller (11)Jan Ludvig (4), Aaron Broten (19)4–303:39 NJD
Eddie Olczyk (14)Troy Murray (28), Behn Wilson (20)4–404:05 CHI
Denis Savard (26)Steve Larmer (19), Doug Wilson (25)4–517:20 CHI ·
3rd period
- Greg Adams (15)Doug Sulliman (7)5–506:10 NJD
- Kirk Muller (12)Jan Ludvig (5), Paul Gagne (7)6–510:00 NJD ·
Steve Larmer (15)Al Secord (17), Denis Savard (33)6–610:28 CHI · 
John MacLean (9)Pat Verbeek (16), Randy Velischek (1)7–611:02 NJD- Doug Sulliman (12)Greg Adams (16), Craig Wolanin (12)8–612:17 NJD
- Denis Savard (27)Al Secord (18), Bob Murray (18)8–713:37 CHI ·
Team stats
NJDCHI
3739
0%0%
2/43/6
2218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:00 into the first period
Tim Higgins · interference2 min - 14:45 into the first periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 14:59 into the first period
Eddie Olczyk · fighting5 min - 14:59 into the first periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
- 17:58 into the first periodJack O'Callahan · high sticking2 min
- 0:24 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · holding2 min
- 2:47 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · fighting5 min
- 2:47 into the second periodPat Verbeek · fighting5 min
- 7:02 into the second periodDoug Wilson · interference2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodBehn Wilson · holding2 min
- 16:51 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · hooking2 min
- 8:03 into the third periodMarc Bergevin · interference2 min
- 10:15 into the third periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 22Doug SullimanL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | W | 39 | 7 | .821 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 7 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Bill WatsonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 15Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 6 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Victor PosaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | L | 37 | 8 | .784 |