New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Monday, March 31, 1986 · Madison Square Garden

0–9

25–43

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 9–0 on Monday, March 31, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 43–25.

Kelly Miller scored twice, Brian MacLellan scored twice and James Patrick scored twice. Tomas Sandstrom, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Wilf Paiement also scored.

John Vanbiesbrouck made 25 saves on 25 shots for the win; Sam St. Laurent stopped 34 of 43.

Goals
NJD	0	0	0	0	25
NYR	3	3	3	9	43

Scoring

1st period

Kelly Miller (12)Don Maloney (16), Mike Allison (8)0–101:02 NYR
Tomas Sandstrom (25)Willie Huber (8), Raimo Helminen (29)0–202:57 NYR
Brian MacLellan (15)Tomas Sandstrom (25), Ron Greschner (27)0–316:59 NYR ·

2nd period

James Patrick (12)Tomas Sandstrom (26), Bob Crawford (21)0–412:01 NYR
Brian MacLellan (16)Ron Greschner (28), Wilf Paiement (15)0–514:30 NYR ·
Kelly Miller (13)Unassisted0–614:50 NYR

3rd period

Reijo Ruotsalainen (16)Kelly Miller (19), Mike Allison (9)0–703:08 NYR
Wilf Paiement (8)Brian MacLellan (28), Bob Crawford (22)0–804:42 NYR
James Patrick (13)Reijo Ruotsalainen (42), Wilf Paiement (16)0–913:33 NYR

Team stats

NJDNYR

2543

0%0%

0/42/8

3123

Penalties

8:01 into the first periodJim Wiemer · hooking2 min
10:50 into the first periodKirk Muller · hooking2 min
11:17 into the first periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
12:41 into the first periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
15:34 into the first periodKen Daneyko · tripping2 min
19:54 into the first periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
12:34 into the second periodTim Higgins · high sticking2 min
19:22 into the second periodDave Lewis · roughing2 min
0:47 into the third periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
0:47 into the third periodMike Ridley · fighting5 min
5:40 into the third periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
6:47 into the third periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
6:47 into the third periodBrian MacLellan · fighting5 min
8:25 into the third periodRandy Velischek · hooking2 min
9:39 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · tripping2 min
11:31 into the third periodPerry Anderson · high sticking2 min
11:31 into the third periodPerry Anderson · fighting5 min
11:31 into the third periodDon Maloney · fighting5 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

7Peter McNabC	−1	0	0	–	–
9Kirk MullerL	−1	1	2	–	–
10Aaron BrotenC	−2	4	0	–	–
11Perry AndersonL	−1	0	7	–	–
12Mark JohnsonC	−1	2	0	–	–
15John MacLeanR	−4	2	2	–	–
16Pat VerbeekR	−2	2	0	–	–
18Mel BridgmanC	−1	1	0	–	–
19Rich PrestonR	0	2	0	–	–
20Tim HigginsR	−1	2	2	–	–
22Doug SullimanL	−3	0	0	–	–
24Greg AdamsL	−4	2	0	–	–
2Joe CirellaD	−3	1	5	–	–
3Ken DaneykoD	−3	1	9	–	–
5Don DietrichD	−1	3	0	–	–
25Dave LewisD	−3	0	2	–	–
27Randy VelischekD	−2	0	2	–	–
28Uli HiemerD	−2	2	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Alain ChevrierG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Sam St. LaurentG	L	43	34	9	.791	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

10Kelly MillerL	2	1	3	+3	4	0	–	–
11Wilf PaiementR	1	2	3	+2	2	0	–	–
26Brian MacLellanL	2	1	3	+1	4	5	–	–
28Tomas SandstromR	1	2	3	+2	5	2	–	–
14Mike AllisonR	0	2	2	+3	2	0	–	–
32Bob CrawfordR	0	2	2	+2	0	0	–	–
3James PatrickD	2	0	2	+4	4	0	–	–
4Ron GreschnerD	0	2	2	+3	3	4	–	–
29Reijo RuotsalainenD	1	1	2	+3	2	0	–	–
12Don MaloneyL	0	1	1	+3	1	5	–	–
23Raimo HelminenC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
27Willie HuberD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
13Bob BrookeR	0	0	0	+2	2	0	–	–
18Mike RidleyC	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–
19Mark OsborneL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
24Pierre LaroucheC	0	0	0	0	5	0	–	–
6Jim WiemerD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	–	–
30Larry MelnykD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
1Glen HanlonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34John VanbiesbrouckG	W	25	25	0	1.000	59:45