Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, March 4, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Tuesday, March 4, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 40–31.
Chris Nilan scored twice. Pat LaFontaine, Brent Sutter, Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy, John Tonelli, Mario Tremblay and Bob Bourne also scored.
Billy Smith made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Nilan (12)Bobby Smith (50), Mats Naslund (57)1–002:36 MTL
2nd period
Pat LaFontaine (23)Mikko Makela (17), Greg Gilbert (13)1–104:35 NYI
Brent Sutter (17)Pat LaFontaine (16), Tomas Jonsson (23)1–219:16 NYI ·
3rd period
Denis Potvin (17)Unassisted1–308:42 NYI · - Chris Nilan (13)Bob Gainey (21)2–309:44 MTL
Mike Bossy (46)John Tonelli (41), Paul Boutilier (20)2–411:45 NYI
John Tonelli (20)Mike Bossy (53), Bryan Trottier (49)2–514:21 NYI
Mario Tremblay (16)Lucien DeBlois (12)3–515:11 MTL
Bob Bourne (11)Gord Dineen (7)3–618:26 NYI
Team stats
MTLNYI
4031
0%0%
0/42/3
1113
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:28 into the first period
Brian Skrudland · hooking2 min - 17:54 into the first period
Alan Kerr · hooking2 min - 5:19 into the second periodDuane Sutter · interference2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 0:44 into the third periodMike Bossy · hooking2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodClark Gillies · holding2 min
- 8:36 into the third periodLucien DeBlois · hooking2 min
- 10:52 into the third periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
- 10:52 into the third periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 30Chris NilanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 37Steve PenneyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Roger KortkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |