New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, January 24, 1986 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New Jersey Devils 7–6 in overtime on Friday, January 24, 1986 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Devils 28–27.
Mark Messier scored twice. Marty McSorley, Jari Kurri, Glenn Anderson, Joe Cirella, Rich Preston, Peter McNab, Pat Verbeek, Mel Bridgman, Kirk Muller, Mike Krushelnyski and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 21 saves on 27 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Marty McSorley (9)Kevin McClelland (17)0–104:02 EDM
Jari Kurri (35)Wayne Gretzky (91)0–209:49 EDM · 
Glenn Anderson (31)Wayne Gretzky (92), Raimo Summanen (15)0–318:01 EDM
2nd period
Joe Cirella (4)Doug Sulliman (9), Mark Johnson (25)1–301:20 NJD
Rich Preston (13)Mel Bridgman (23), Peter McNab (14)2–306:47 NJD
Peter McNab (13)Joe Cirella (14)3–313:32 NJD
Pat Verbeek (11)Randy Velischek (3), Craig Wolanin (16)4–317:36 NJD
3rd period
Mel Bridgman (15)Dave Pichette (12)5–303:49 NJD · 
Mark Messier (18)Paul Coffey (53)5–405:00 EDM
Kirk Muller (14)Aaron Broten (20)6–406:04 NJD- Mark Messier (19)Lee Fogolin (15)6–509:52 EDM
Mike Krushelnyski (9)Jari Kurri (37), Wayne Gretzky (93)6–614:21 EDM
Overtime
Wayne Gretzky (37)Unassisted6–701:29 EDM
Team stats
NJDEDM
2728
0%0%
1/41/4
188
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:23 into the first period
Doug Sulliman · hooking2 min - 11:53 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · interference2 min - 19:46 into the first periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodTim Higgins · holding2 min
- 3:18 into the third periodMike Krushelnyski · holding2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 11:47 into the third periodJoe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 1:29 into overtimeMel Bridgman · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | L | 28 | 7 | .750 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 27 | 6 | .778 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |