New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 31, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Friday, January 31, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 34–32.
Goals came from Doug Smith, Paul Cyr, Don Lever, Rob Whistle, John Tucker, Gilles Hamel, James Patrick and Reijo Ruotsalainen.
Tom Barrasso made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Smith (9)Paul Cyr (20), Mike Ramsey (12)0–100:13 BUF
Paul Cyr (9)Unassisted0–206:40 BUF · 
Don Lever (6)Pat Hughes (9), Gaetano Orlando (10)0–307:24 BUF
Rob Whistle (3)Ron Greschner (21), Raimo Helminen (22)1–314:32 NYR ·
2nd period
John Tucker (22)Dave Andreychuk (29)1–406:38 BUF
3rd period
Gilles Hamel (12)Doug Smith (10), Phil Housley (25)1–506:21 BUF · 
James Patrick (5)Don Maloney (11), Peter Sundstrom (10)2–509:59 NYR
Reijo Ruotsalainen (10)James Patrick (19), Mike Ridley (24)3–515:21 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRBUF
3234
0%0%
2/32/5
2117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:27 into the first period
Ric Seiling · slashing2 min - 1:27 into the first period
Ron Greschner · holding2 min - 6:29 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · hooking2 min
- 14:15 into the first periodRichie Dunn · interference2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodJames Patrick · hooking2 min
- 1:05 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:36 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
- 4:50 into the second periodMike Foligno · interference2 min
- 4:50 into the second periodGlen Hanlon · slashing2 min
- 17:30 into the second periodNormand Lacombe · roughing2 min
- 17:30 into the second periodNormand Lacombe · fighting5 min
- 17:30 into the second periodRon Greschner · fighting5 min
- 5:26 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · cross checking2 min
- 15:02 into the third periodRichie Dunn · holding2 min
- 15:02 into the third periodTom Barrasso · roughing2 min
- 15:02 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rob WhistleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Doug SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |