New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Thursday, April 17, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, April 17, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 27–23.
Brian MacLellan scored twice. Dave Christian, Bobby Gould, Alan Haworth, Mark Osborne and Mike Ridley also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (2)Larry Murphy (2), Rod Langway (1)0–108:46 WSH
Brian MacLellan (1)Bob Brooke (7), Reijo Ruotsalainen (3)1–111:48 NYR
Bobby Gould (3)Gaetan Duchesne (2), Rod Langway (2)1–212:39 WSH
2nd period
Alan Haworth (1)Mike Gartner (3), Greg Smith (1)1–306:39 WSH
Mark Osborne (2)Kelly Miller (3)2–317:33 NYR ·
3rd period
Mike Ridley (4)Kelly Miller (4), Pierre Larouche (3)3–309:37 NYR
Overtime
- Brian MacLellan (2)Tomas Sandstrom (4)4–301:16 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
2327
0%0%
0/30/3
2929
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:43 into the first period
Don Maloney · hooking2 min - 16:36 into the first periodMike Allison · cross checking2 min
- 17:42 into the first period
Jorgen Pettersson · roughing2 min - 1:38 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · hooking2 min
- 5:21 into the second periodWilf Paiement · roughing2 min
- 5:21 into the second periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 10:28 into the second periodDon Maloney · player leaves bench2 min
- 10:28 into the second periodDon Maloney · player leaves bench2 min
- 10:28 into the second periodDon Maloney · fighting5 min
- 10:28 into the second periodDon Maloney · game misconduct10 min
- 10:28 into the second periodScott Stevens · holding2 min
- 10:28 into the second periodJohn Barrett · player leaves bench2 min
- 10:28 into the second periodJohn Barrett · player leaves bench2 min
- 10:28 into the second periodJohn Barrett · fighting5 min
- 10:28 into the second periodJohn Barrett · game misconduct10 min
- 17:23 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · hooking2 min
- 11:23 into the third periodMark Osborne · slashing2 min
- 11:23 into the third periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
Washington Capitals
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |