New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 8–5 on Tuesday, December 23, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Devils outshot the Rangers 34–33.
Tomas Sandstrom scored twice, Doug Sulliman scored twice, Walt Poddubny scored twice and Tony McKegney scored twice. Kelly Kisio, Aaron Broten, Bruce Driver, Andy Brickley and Mike Ridley also scored.
Bob Froese made 29 saves on 34 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 25 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Sandstrom (7)Ron Greschner (15)0–103:17 NYR
Kelly Kisio (7)Pierre Larouche (19), James Patrick (16)0–210:08 NYR- Tomas Sandstrom (8)Walt Poddubny (18), Curt Giles (9)0–314:15 NYR
Doug Sulliman (13)Jan Ludvig (6), Bruce Driver (13)1–317:42 NJD · 
Walt Poddubny (16)Tomas Sandstrom (18), Ron Greschner (16)1–418:14 NYR ·
2nd period
- Doug Sulliman (14)Steve Richmond (3), Bruce Driver (14)2–403:52 NJD
Aaron Broten (10)Greg Adams (14), Bruce Driver (15)3–416:17 NJD
3rd period
Bruce Driver (1)Greg Adams (15)4–401:26 NJD
Tony McKegney (18)Kelly Miller (12), Terry Carkner (4)4–502:57 NYR- Tony McKegney (19)Mike Ridley (18), Kelly Miller (13)4–605:24 NYR ·
- Walt Poddubny (17)Tom Laidlaw (6), Mark Osborne (11)4–706:14 NYR
Andy Brickley (4)Bruce Driver (16)5–715:04 NJD · 
Mike Ridley (16)Terry Carkner (5)5–815:55 NYR ·
Team stats
NJDNYR
3433
0%0%
1/93/8
1820
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:10 into the first period
Uli Hiemer · holding2 min - 7:41 into the first period
Terry Carkner · tripping2 min - 16:33 into the first periodDon Jackson · interference2 min
- 18:06 into the first periodUli Hiemer · holding2 min
- 0:07 into the second periodJoe Cirella · interference2 min
- 1:30 into the second periodSteve Richmond · tripping2 min
- 4:46 into the second periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodCurt Giles · hooking2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodTony McKegney · tripping2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodMark Johnson · hooking2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodTony McKegney · slashing2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodWalt Poddubny · hooking2 min
- 17:36 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · elbowing2 min
- 5:00 into the third periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
- 9:00 into the third periodMike Ridley · cross checking2 min
- 14:12 into the third periodKen Daneyko · tripping2 min
- 18:00 into the third periodKelly Miller · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 33 | 8 | .758 |
| 32Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | W | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |