New York Rangers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Tuesday, February 25, 1986 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Rangers 7–3 on Tuesday, February 25, 1986 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Rangers outshot the Maple Leafs 35–29.
Wendel Clark scored a hat trick. Kelly Miller, James Patrick, Borje Salming, Russ Courtnall, Rick Vaive, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Walt Poddubny also scored.
Don Edwards made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 17 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Miller (9)Pierre Larouche (4), Reijo Ruotsalainen (32)1–005:22 NYR
James Patrick (7)Mike Ridley (36), Randy Heath (1)2–006:20 NYR
Borje Salming (5)Rick Vaive (19), Tom Fergus (38)2–118:36 TOR ·
2nd period
Russ Courtnall (18)Bob Mcgill (4)2–208:51 TOR
Rick Vaive (23)Steve Thomas (27), Tom Fergus (39)2–312:17 TOR · 
Reijo Ruotsalainen (13)Unassisted3–316:03 NYR
Wendel Clark (24)Russ Courtnall (26)3–419:00 TOR
3rd period
Walt Poddubny (5)Peter Ihnacak (14)3–504:01 TOR- Wendel Clark (25)Brad Smith (13), Russ Courtnall (27)3–605:49 TOR
- Wendel Clark (26)Russ Courtnall (28), Gary Nylund (12)3–708:00 TOR
Team stats
NYRTOR
3529
0%0%
0/42/4
1717
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:03 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · holding2 min - 13:04 into the first period
Bob Brooke · roughing2 min - 13:04 into the first periodBob Mcgill · roughing2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodMike Ridley · hooking2 min
- 5:36 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · hooking2 min
- 10:31 into the second periodWillie Huber · high sticking2 min
- 10:31 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 10:31 into the second periodWalt Poddubny · high sticking2 min
- 11:09 into the second periodRon Greschner · fighting5 min
- 11:09 into the second periodWendel Clark · fighting5 min
- 14:01 into the second periodMiroslav Ihnacak · tripping2 min
- 0:43 into the third periodBarry Beck · high sticking2 min
- 11:08 into the third periodWendel Clark · slashing2 min
- 16:39 into the third periodBob Mcgill · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 40Randy HeathL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 24 | 7 | .708 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Gary NylundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Bob McgillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Miroslav IhnacakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Don EdwardsG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |