New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 37–21.
Tomas Sandstrom scored a hat trick. Curt Giles, Patrick Flatley, Alan Kerr and Richard Kromm also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Curt Giles (1)Don Maloney (18), Mike Ridley (20)0–112:50 NYR
Patrick Flatley (13)Mike Bossy (22), Tomas Jonsson (19)1–119:42 NYI ·
2nd period
Alan Kerr (2)Ken Morrow (7), Bryan Trottier (28)2–110:58 NYI
Tomas Sandstrom (11)Don Maloney (19), Walt Poddubny (23)2–214:40 NYR
Richard Kromm (5)Mikko Makela (12), Bryan Trottier (29)3–219:22 NYI
3rd period
- Tomas Sandstrom (12)Jan Erixon (6)3–305:32 NYR
Overtime
- Tomas Sandstrom (13)Ron Greschner (19), Walt Poddubny (24)3–404:37 NYR ·
Team stats
NYINYR
2137
0%0%
1/21/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:27 into the first period
Alan Kerr · holding2 min - 17:45 into the first period
Mike Ridley · high sticking2 min - 8:24 into the second periodTerry Carkner · hooking2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodBrian Curran · interference2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 4:07 into overtimeBryan Trottier · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |