January 4, 1986 – Hartford Whalers vs. Edmonton Oilers

January 4, 1986 – 6:05 PM MST

Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, Alberta

Background

Hartford Whalers

Game No.	Record	PTS	Place Division	Place Conference
38	19–18–1	39	5th, Adams	9th, Wales

Edmonton Oilers

Game No.	Record	PTS	Place Division	Place Conference
39	28–7–4	60	1st, Smythe	1st, Campbell

Broadcasting

Local TV

Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Ice level reporter	Studio host(s)	Studio analyst(s)
WVIT–TV 30 (Hartford)	Rick Peckham	Gerry Cheevers and Don Blackburn

Canada TV

Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Studio host(s)
CBC	Don Wittman	Howie Meeker	Steve Armitage

Local Radio

Flagship station	Play-by-play	Color commentator	Studio host
WTIC–AM 1080 (Hartford)	Chuck Kaiton
CFRN–AM 1260 (Edmonton)

Rosters

	Hartford Whalers	Edmonton Oilers
Coach:	Jack Evans	Glen Sather
Assistant Coaches:	Claude Larose	Bob McCammon John Muckler
Starters:
Reserves:
Scratches:

• Referee: Ron Hoggarth
• Linesmen: Jim Christison and Randy Mitton

Box Score

Final Score  
Period     1st 2nd 3rd Final
HFD         2   0   1    3
EDM         0   4   0    4

Scoring summary

Period	Time	Team	Scoring Information	Score
				HFD	EDM
1	2:41	HFD	Ferraro (10) Assisted by Francis (34) and Babych (20) (PPG)	1	0
1	19:02	HFD	Jarvis (3) Assisted by Gavin (14) and Quenneville (5) (SHG)	2	0
3	12:40	HFD	Lawless (13) Assisted by Gavin (15) and Babych (21) (PPG)	3	4

Penalty summary

Period	Time	Team	Penalty Information	Score
				HFD	EDM
1	5:02	HFD	Lawless (Hooking)	2
1	10:23	HFD	Robertson (Roughing)	2
1	17:30	HFD	Babych (Tripping)	2
1	20:00	HFD	Not proc. to dress. rm. served by Crawford	2
2	17:49	HFD	Dineen (Slashing)	2
3	6:04	HFD	Murzyn (Roughing)	2
3	13:51	HFD	Lawless (Holding)	2

Player summary

#	Forwards	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HITS	BLKS	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	PP TOI	SH TOI
7	Gavin	0	2	2	1	0	3	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
10	Francis	0	1	1	0	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
11	Dineen	0	0	0	0	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
12	Evason	0	0	0	-1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
15	Tippett	0	0	0	-2	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
16	Turgeon	0	0	0	-1	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
16	Kleinendorst	0	0	0	-2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
23	MacDermid	0	0	0	-2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
25	Crawford	0	0	0	-2	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
26	Ferraro	1	0	1	-2	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
27	Jarvis	1	0	1	0	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
28	Lawless	1	0	1	0	4	2	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
32	Robertson	0	0	0	-1	2	4	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
#	Defense	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HITS	BLKS	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	PP TOI	SH TOI
3	Quenneville	0	1	1	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
4	Murzyn	0	0	0	-1	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
5	Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
24	Bothwell	0	0	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
44	Babych	0	2	2	-2	2	4	–	–	–	–	–	--:--	--:--	--:--
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Goaltender summary

#	Goalie	EV	PP	SH	SAVE–SHOTS	SV%	PIM	TOI
1	Liut				27–31	.871	0	59:00
#	Goalie	EV	PP	SH	SAVE–SHOTS	SV%	PIM	TOI

Team Stats

Team	SOG	FO%	PP	PIM	HITS	BLKS	GVA
Whalers	30	-	-	14	-	-	-
Oilers		-	-		-	-	-

• Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 17,282

Other NHL Games played on January 4, 1986

• BOS 4, BUF 0
• CHI 4, NYI 1
• LA 6, TOR 4
• MTL 6, CGY 5
• WSH 9, NJ 3
• STL 2, PHI 1
• QUE 7, DET 2

See also

1985-86 NHL season