Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 23, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 6–5 in overtime on Wednesday, April 23, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 30–29.
Bob Brooke scored twice. Wilf Paiement, Dave Christian, Kevin Hatcher, Bobby Carpenter, Mike Ridley, Tomas Sandstrom, Bobby Gould, Greg Smith and Willie Huber also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Wilf Paiement (2)Pierre Larouche (5), Mike Ridley (5)0–106:47 NYR · 
Dave Christian (3)Bobby Carpenter (2), Kevin Hatcher (1)1–107:15 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (1)Alan Haworth (6), John Barrett (1)2–110:49 WSH
Bobby Carpenter (4)Craig Laughlin (2), Scott Stevens (7)3–113:19 WSH ·
2nd period
Mike Ridley (5)Pierre Larouche (6), Tom Laidlaw (1)3–204:42 NYR
Tomas Sandstrom (1)Reijo Ruotsalainen (6), James Patrick (4)3–308:29 NYR
Bobby Gould (4)Bobby Carpenter (3), Larry Murphy (4)4–318:59 WSH
3rd period
Greg Smith (2)Gaetan Duchesne (3), Bobby Gould (3)5–307:45 WSH · 
Willie Huber (2)Mike Allison (2), Wilf Paiement (2)5–408:09 NYR · 
Bob Brooke (3)Brian MacLellan (3)5–517:25 NYR
Overtime
- Bob Brooke (4)Unassisted5–602:40 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
2930
0%0%
1/52/3
2933
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:36 into the first period
Bob Brooke · high sticking2 min - 2:36 into the first periodBob Brooke · fighting5 min
- 2:36 into the first period
Greg Smith · high sticking2 min - 2:36 into the first periodGreg Smith · fighting5 min
- 3:33 into the first periodMike Allison · cross checking2 min
- 6:30 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · holding2 min
- 8:38 into the first periodWillie Huber · slashing2 min
- 10:49 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 10:49 into the first periodDwight Schofield · high sticking2 min
- 10:49 into the first periodDwight Schofield · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:07 into the first periodJames Patrick · high sticking2 min
- 11:07 into the first periodJames Patrick · roughing2 min
- 11:07 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · high sticking2 min
- 11:07 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 12:04 into the first periodMike Ridley · hooking2 min
- 15:08 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · elbowing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 18:13 into the second periodMark Osborne · high sticking2 min
- 18:13 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · high sticking2 min
- 6:26 into the third periodAlan Haworth · holding2 min
- 10:39 into the third periodBrian MacLellan · cross checking2 min
- 10:39 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · high sticking2 min
- 12:40 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · cross checking2 min
- 13:56 into the third periodJames Patrick · roughing2 min
- 13:56 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
- 14:40 into the third periodBob Brooke · high sticking2 min
- 14:40 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 11Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 29 | 5 | .828 |