Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 10, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Wednesday, December 10, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Kings 38–22.
Lane Lambert scored twice and Tony McKegney scored twice. Dean Kennedy, Bernie Nicholls, Walt Poddubny, Luc Robitaille and Sean Mckenna also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Lane Lambert (1)James Patrick (11)0–102:28 NYR
Dean Kennedy (2)Bryan Erickson (15), Marcel Dionne (29)1–103:32 LAK
Bernie Nicholls (11)Jay Wells (12)2–104:59 LAK
Walt Poddubny (15)Tomas Sandstrom (16), James Patrick (12)2–209:40 NYR
Luc Robitaille (20)Grant Ledyard (9), Marcel Dionne (30)3–215:37 LAK ·
2nd period
Sean Mckenna (6)Phil Sykes (5), Larry Playfair (6)4–208:50 LAK
Tony McKegney (13)Mark Osborne (10), Ron Greschner (8)4–315:02 NYR · - Tony McKegney (14)James Patrick (13), Ron Greschner (9)4–416:46 NYR ·
3rd period
- Lane Lambert (2)Pierre Larouche (17), Don Maloney (12)4–508:32 NYR
Team stats
LAKNYR
2238
0%0%
1/32/5
2613
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:00 into the first period
Dave Williams · elbowing2 min - 14:37 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · slashing2 min - 17:25 into the first periodRoland Melanson · delaying game2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodChris Jensen · hooking2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · high sticking2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · charging2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodDave Williams · game misconduct10 min
- 18:01 into the second periodKelly Kisio · instigator2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodKelly Kisio · fighting5 min
- 11:00 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob JanecykG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
New York Rangers
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 22 | 4 | .818 |