Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 6, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Friday, December 6, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 30–27.
Bob Errey scored twice. Steve Dykstra and Mario Lemieux also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 14 saves on 15 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 27 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Bob Errey (6)Mario Lemieux (30), Doug Shedden (10)1–011:51 PIT
3rd period
Steve Dykstra (3)Bill Hajt (11)1–106:14 BUF · 
Mario Lemieux (16)Doug Shedden (11), Norm Schmidt (4)2–106:48 PIT- Bob Errey (7)Unassisted3–119:56 PIT ·
Team stats
PITBUF
3027
0%0%
0/30/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:07 into the first period
Steve Dykstra · cross checking2 min - 16:00 into the first period
Mario Lemieux · tripping2 min - 19:21 into the second periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
- 4:12 into the third periodJim Johnson · hooking2 min
- 4:29 into the third periodMike Foligno · interference2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodMike Ramsey · roughing2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodRod Buskas · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Bob ErreyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 15 | 1 | .933 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 12 | 0 | 1.000 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 4Steve DykstraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 35Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |