New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 1985 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 on Saturday, December 7, 1985 at Civic Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 30–25.
Peter McNab scored twice. Aaron Broten, Craig Simpson, Perry Anderson and Greg Adams also scored.
Glenn Resch made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Aaron Broten (8)Joe Cirella (9), Bruce Driver (6)1–015:50 NJD ·
2nd period
Craig Simpson (3)Doug Bodger (12), Randy Cunneyworth (11)1–103:09 PIT · 
Perry Anderson (2)Tim Higgins (4), Mark Johnson (9)2–104:21 NJD
Greg Adams (8)Pat Verbeek (9), Dave Lewis (5)3–111:12 NJD
Peter McNab (9)Rich Preston (7)4–111:50 NJD
3rd period
- Peter McNab (10)Mel Bridgman (12), Rich Preston (8)5–102:26 NJD
Team stats
NJDPIT
3025
0%0%
1/21/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:33 into the first period
Aaron Broten · holding2 min - 15:40 into the first period
Randy Cunneyworth · tripping2 min - 2:16 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · interference2 min
- 18:25 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 3:11 into the third periodTim Higgins · hooking2 min
- 7:49 into the third periodRich Preston · hooking2 min
- 13:19 into the third periodPhil Russell · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Peter McNabC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |