Hartford Whalers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, October 29, 1985 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Tuesday, October 29, 1985 at Civic Arena. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 26–21.
Goals came from Dave Hannan, Stew Gavin, Randy Cunneyworth, Terry Ruskowski, Dave Tippett, Dana Murzyn and Ron Francis.
Steve Weeks made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Hannan (1)Unassisted0–103:42 PIT · 
Stew Gavin (2)Mike Zuke (1), Paul Macdermid (1)1–105:16 HFD
Randy Cunneyworth (1)Mike Bullard (4), Mike Blaisdell (2)1–207:19 PIT
Terry Ruskowski (4)Doug Shedden (4), Craig Simpson (1)1–316:13 PIT · 
Dave Tippett (4)Unassisted2–316:31 HFD ·
3rd period
Dana Murzyn (1)Sylvain Turgeon (5), Ron Francis (6)3–304:50 HFD
Ron Francis (6)Sylvain Turgeon (6)4–305:08 HFD
Team stats
HFDPIT
2621
0%0%
0/51/5
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:39 into the first period
Torrie Robertson · fighting5 min - 1:39 into the first period
Rod Buskas · fighting5 min - 2:28 into the first periodDoug Bodger · holding2 min
- 8:29 into the first periodScot Kleinendorst · hooking2 min
- 10:49 into the first periodDana Murzyn · hooking2 min
- 11:56 into the first periodRod Buskas · interference2 min
- 14:40 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 15:19 into the first periodMike Zuke · slashing2 min
- 3:55 into the second periodDoug Bodger · holding2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodMoe Mantha · roughing2 min
- 9:06 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 9:45 into the second periodRandy Hillier · hooking2 min
- 18:09 into the second periodCraig Simpson · holding2 min
- 17:26 into the third periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
- 17:26 into the third periodRod Buskas · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16James McGeoughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |