Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 1984 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Saturday, December 22, 1984 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 36–34.
Greg Gilbert scored twice. Doug Shedden, Mario Lemieux, Bryan Trottier, Mike Bossy and Paul Boutilier also scored.
Billy Smith made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Gilbert (8)Denis Potvin (19), Stefan Persson (12)0–109:56 NYI ·
2nd period
Doug Shedden (15)Mike Bullard (15), Moe Mantha (16)1–114:36 PIT · 
Mario Lemieux (8)Moe Mantha (17), Mike Bullard (16)2–119:00 PIT ·
3rd period
Bryan Trottier (8)Bob Bourne (9), Gerald Diduck (4)2–200:37 NYI
Mike Bossy (31)Denis Potvin (20)2–303:59 NYI
Paul Boutilier (9)Patrick Flatley (9), Greg Gilbert (8)2–405:08 NYI- Greg Gilbert (9)Denis Potvin (21), Patrick Flatley (10)2–508:41 NYI
Team stats
PITNYI
3436
0%0%
2/71/4
1016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:30 into the first period
Gary Rissling · roughing2 min - 4:36 into the first periodMike Bullard · tripping2 min
- 7:17 into the first period
Tomas Jonsson · hooking2 min - 8:48 into the first periodGary Rissling · interference2 min
- 11:21 into the first periodBrent Sutter · holding2 min
- 17:02 into the first periodMats Hallin · high sticking2 min
- 17:02 into the first periodRod Buskas · high sticking2 min
- 19:28 into the first periodPatrick Flatley · hooking2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · hooking2 min
- 13:31 into the second periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
- 15:00 into the second periodJohn Chabot · tripping2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · high sticking2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodDuane Sutter · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Mitch LamoureuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Roger Belanger Jr.C | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 17Greg GilbertL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |