New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, March 18, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 6–2 on Tuesday, March 18, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 37–21.
Brent Sutter scored twice. Mike Ridley, Denis Potvin, Bob Bourne, Pat LaFontaine, Mike Bossy and George McPhee also scored.
Billy Smith made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Sutter (20)Bob Bourne (12), Duane Sutter (29)0–104:24 NYI- Brent Sutter (21)Bob Bourne (13), Paul Boutilier (23)0–208:49 NYI ·
Mike Ridley (21)Larry Melnyk (10)1–209:11 NYR
Denis Potvin (19)Pat LaFontaine (19), Randy Boyd (10)1–309:41 NYI
2nd period
Bob Bourne (15)Brent Sutter (29)1–401:56 NYI
Pat LaFontaine (26)Paul Boutilier (24), Patrick Flatley (30)1–509:02 NYI ·
3rd period
Mike Bossy (53)Steve Konroyd (23)1–617:47 NYI
George McPhee (4)Mike Allison (4)2–619:06 NYR
Team stats
NYRNYI
2137
0%0%
0/42/8
2417
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:03 into the first period
Mike Ridley · holding2 min - 11:13 into the first period
Greg Gilbert · boarding2 min - 12:12 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:18 into the first periodBrent Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 15:18 into the first periodMike Allison · high sticking2 min
- 16:19 into the first periodRoger Kortko · holding2 min
- 17:58 into the first periodKelly Miller · holding2 min
- 2:05 into the second periodGreg Gilbert · interference2 min
- 7:09 into the second periodBrian MacLellan · tripping2 min
- 10:11 into the second periodGeorge McPhee · high sticking5 min
- 11:59 into the second periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodMike Bossy · cross checking2 min
- 1:34 into the third periodBob Brooke · hooking2 min
- 8:29 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · fighting5 min
- 8:29 into the third periodGeorge McPhee · fighting5 min
- 10:07 into the third periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 32Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 14 | 1 | .929 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Roger KortkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |