New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Friday, April 25, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Friday, April 25, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 32–27.
Goals came from Dave Christian, Scott Stevens, Pierre Larouche, Wilf Paiement, Tomas Sandstrom and Don Maloney.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (4)Scott Stevens (8), Mike Gartner (9)0–102:51 WSH · 
Scott Stevens (3)Dave Christian (4), Bobby Carpenter (4)0–203:34 WSH · 
Pierre Larouche (6)Wilf Paiement (3), Kjell Samuelsson (1)1–204:05 NYR
Wilf Paiement (3)Pierre Larouche (7), Reijo Ruotsalainen (7)2–213:40 NYR ·
2nd period
Tomas Sandstrom (2)Brian MacLellan (4)3–213:49 NYR
3rd period
Don Maloney (2)Mark Osborne (1)4–202:12 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
2732
0%0%
1/32/6
1711
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:07 into the first period
James Patrick · hooking2 min - 2:37 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · high sticking2 min
- 7:35 into the first period
Gaetan Duchesne · hooking2 min - 12:18 into the first periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 17:17 into the first periodWilf Paiement · slashing2 min
- 5:16 into the second periodRob Whistle · hooking2 min
- 5:48 into the second periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodJames Patrick · fighting5 min
- 8:12 into the second periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
- 10:46 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodMike Allison · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |