Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, March 9, 1985 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 6–5 in overtime on Saturday, March 9, 1985 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 44–28.
Wayne Babych scored twice and Dave Hannan scored twice. Dave Reid, Mario Lemieux, Ray Bourque, Butch Goring, Louis Sleigher, Mike Bullard and Rick Middleton also scored.
Brian Ford made 39 saves on 44 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Reid (10)Tom Fergus (37), Ray Bourque (55)0–104:31 BOS
Mario Lemieux (32)Gary Rissling (7), Doug Bodger (25)1–105:52 PIT · 
Ray Bourque (14)Mike O'connell (32), Rick Middleton (41)1–216:04 BOS
2nd period
Butch Goring (12)Rick Middleton (42)1–301:36 BOS
Wayne Babych (15)Mike Bullard (23), Randy Hillier (16)2–308:55 PIT
Louis Sleigher (8)Morris Lukowich (13), Ray Bourque (56)2–409:42 BOS
Mike Bullard (25)Wayne Babych (30), Dave Hannan (1)3–412:46 PIT
3rd period
Dave Hannan (2)John Chabot (48)4–400:40 PIT · - Dave Hannan (3)John Chabot (49), Randy Hillier (17)5–412:57 PIT
Rick Middleton (23)Dave Reid (8), Mats Thelin (8)5–516:37 BOS
Overtime
- Wayne Babych (16)Gary Rissling (8), John Chabot (50)6–501:06 PIT
Team stats
PITBOS
2844
0%0%
1/40/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Gary Rissling · roughing2 min - 5:11 into the first period
Dave Donnelly · hooking2 min - 6:59 into the first periodGary Rissling · elbowing2 min
- 12:00 into the first periodCharlie Simmer · hooking2 min
- 14:01 into the first periodMike Bullard · hooking2 min
- 2:45 into the second periodMike Milbury · cross checking2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodMike Bullard · tripping2 min
- 0:22 into the third periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodButch Goring · hooking2 min
- 11:51 into the third periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 11:51 into the third periodMoe Mantha · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Wayne BabychR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Gary RisslingL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Randy HillierD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 33Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Roger Belanger Jr.C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe McDonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Brian FordG | W | 44 | 5 | .886 |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Butch GoringC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 25Louis SleigherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 29Dave DonnellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |