The New York Rangers managed to stay ahead of the Washington Capitals, 6 to 5, on December 29, 1985.

Final

Capitals

21-10-4

5

Rangers

17-19-2

6

Team

WSH

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

NYR

Alan Haworth (EV) unassisted

Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Lou Franceschetti

2nd period

WSH

NYR

Larry Murphy (PP) assisted by Dave Christian and Craig Laughlin

Brian MacLellan (PP) assisted by James Patrick and Raimo Helminen

Tomas Sandstrom (PP) assisted by Raimo Helminen

Mike Ridley (EV) assisted by Brian MacLellan and Tomas Sandstrom

Bob Brooke (PP) assisted by Ron Greschner and Larry Melnyk

Rob Whistle (EV) assisted by Brian MacLellan and Mike Ridley

3rd period

WSH

NYR

Scott Stevens (EV) assisted by Craig Laughlin and Larry Murphy

Don Maloney (EV) assisted by James Patrick and Dave Gagner

Jorgen Pettersson (EV) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Rod Langway

Capitals

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Pete Peeters (L) P. Peeters	0	1	0	31	25	.806	6	6.14	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Greg Adams G. Adams	0	0	0	+1	9	0	0	3	0.0
Peter Andersson P. Andersson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Christian D. Christian	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	2	0.0
Gaetan Duchesne G. Duchesne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lou Franceschetti L. Franceschetti	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	2	50.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Alan Haworth A. Haworth	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	2	50.0
Ed Kastelic E. Kastelic	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0
Craig Laughlin C. Laughlin	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0
Larry Murphy L. Murphy	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	6	16.7
Jorgen Pettersson J. Pettersson	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Darren Veitch D. Veitch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (W) J. Vanbiesbrouck	1	0	0	28	23	.821	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bob Brooke B. Brooke	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	2	50.0
Dave Gagner D. Gagner	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	2	0.0
Raimo Helminen R. Helminen	0	2	2	-2	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Willie Huber W. Huber	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Laidlaw T. Laidlaw	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Brian MacLellan B. MacLellan	1	2	3	+1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Don Maloney D. Maloney	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	4	25.0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Larry Melnyk L. Melnyk	0	1	1	-2	5	0	1	0	1	0.0
Mark Osborne M. Osborne	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Mike Ridley M. Ridley	1	1	2	+1	9	0	0	0	1	100.0
Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
Peter Sundstrom P. Sundstrom	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Whistle R. Whistle	1	0	1	+3	0	0	0	0	3	33.3