New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, October 9, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Thursday, October 9, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Devils outshot the Rangers 23–21.
Goals came from Uli Hiemer, Mark Osborne, Tomas Sandstrom, Mel Bridgman, John MacLean, Kirk Muller, Pat Verbeek and Lucien DeBlois.
Alain Chevrier made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Uli Hiemer (1)Mark Johnson (1), Aaron Broten (1)1–002:58 NJD · 
Mark Osborne (1)Pierre Larouche (1), Walt Poddubny (1)1–116:06 NYR
Tomas Sandstrom (1)Mark Osborne (1)1–218:00 NYR
2nd period
Mel Bridgman (1)Mark Johnson (2)2–204:07 NJD · 
John MacLean (1)Mel Bridgman (1)3–215:15 NJD · 
Kirk Muller (1)Joe Cirella (1), Ken Daneyko (1)4–217:08 NJD
3rd period
Pat Verbeek (1)Peter McNab (1), Aaron Broten (2)5–208:18 NJD
Lucien DeBlois (1)Walt Poddubny (2), Norm MacIver (1)5–309:28 NYR ·
Team stats
NJDNYR
2321
0%0%
2/81/8
2727
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:34 into the first period
Willie Huber · holding2 min - 7:45 into the first period
Craig Wolanin · holding2 min - 12:42 into the first periodMike Ridley · interference2 min
- 14:01 into the first periodUli Hiemer · interference2 min
- 2:30 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodDon Maloney · holding2 min
- 13:19 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodJan Ludvig · high sticking2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodJan Ludvig · roughing2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodKelly Miller · roughing2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodWillie Huber · elbowing2 min
- 18:47 into the second periodPerry Anderson · elbowing2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodJoe Cirella · interference2 min
- 1:09 into the third periodMike Ridley · hooking2 min
- 1:44 into the third periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 2:15 into the third periodWalt Poddubny · cross checking2 min
- 2:50 into the third periodWillie Huber · high sticking2 min
- 3:40 into the third periodKirk Muller · fighting5 min
- 3:40 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · instigator2 min
- 3:40 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · fighting5 min
- 5:33 into the third periodBruce Driver · tripping2 min
- 8:43 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 11:21 into the third periodBob Brooke · holding2 min
- 11:37 into the third periodPeter McNab · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 34Karl FriesenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 35Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |