New Jersey Devils vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 1986 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 on Saturday, March 22, 1986 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Devils 39–36.
Pat Verbeek scored twice. Doug Sulliman, Perry Anderson, Al Iafrate, Rick Vaive, Paul Gagne, Jan Ludvig and Marian Stastny also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Sulliman (21)Don Dietrich (1), Rich Preston (22)1–008:19 NJD · 
Pat Verbeek (22)Mark Johnson (35), Mel Bridgman (33)2–010:10 NJD ·
2nd period
Perry Anderson (6)Jan Ludvig (9), Mark Johnson (36)3–011:41 NJD
3rd period
Al Iafrate (5)Unassisted3–100:07 TOR
Rick Vaive (30)Steve Thomas (36), Brad Maxwell (18)3–200:46 TOR
Paul Gagne (19)Greg Adams (36), John MacLean (32)4–202:56 NJD
Jan Ludvig (5)Paul Gagne (19), Joe Cirella (23)5–204:21 NJD- Pat Verbeek (23)Mel Bridgman (34), Peter McNab (24)6–213:21 NJD
Marian Stastny (23)Greg Terrion (22)6–318:04 TOR
Team stats
NJDTOR
3639
0%0%
2/30/4
1413
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:10 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · hooking2 min - 5:30 into the first period
Walt Poddubny · high sticking5 min - 9:50 into the first periodBorje Salming · cross checking2 min
- 13:30 into the first periodUli Hiemer · closing hand on puck2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodJan Ludvig · hooking2 min
- 12:44 into the second periodJohn MacLean · holding2 min
- 12:44 into the second periodGary Nylund · slashing2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodJohn MacLean · high sticking2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodRick Vaive · interference2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodRick Vaive · roughing2 min
- 10:45 into the third periodPeter McNab · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Don DietrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Marian StastnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 34Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Don EdwardsG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |