New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Thursday, May 1, 1986 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 2–1 on Thursday, May 1, 1986 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 30–27.
Goals came from Mats Naslund, Willie Huber and Bob Gainey.
Patrick Roy made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 28 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Mats Naslund (4)Bobby Smith (6)0–103:08 MTL
Willie Huber (3)Tomas Sandstrom (6)1–108:48 NYR · 
Bob Gainey (3)Chris Chelios (3), Guy Carbonneau (2)1–213:02 MTL
Team stats
NYRMTL
2730
0%0%
1/30/3
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:30 into the first period
Kelly Miller · holding2 min - 14:44 into the first period
Craig Ludwig · high sticking2 min - 19:24 into the first periodMike Mcphee · roughing2 min
- 19:24 into the first periodMike Allison · roughing2 min
- 19:24 into the first periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 7:10 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 14:01 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · roughing2 min
- 14:01 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · interference2 min
- 14:01 into the second periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 2:16 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · slashing2 min
- 2:16 into the third periodBob Brooke · tripping2 min
- 3:10 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 30 | 2 | .933 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 12Serge BoisvertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |