Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 10, 1985 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–4 on Tuesday, December 10, 1985 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 32–26.
Goals came from Duane Sutter, Mario Lemieux, Mike Blaisdell, Clark Gillies, Willy Lindstrom, Pat LaFontaine, Brent Sutter, Mike Bossy, Doug Bodger, Tomas Jonsson and Bryan Trottier.
Kelly Hrudey made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Duane Sutter (8)Brent Sutter (9), John Tonelli (18)0–101:38 NYI
Mario Lemieux (17)Craig Simpson (6), Moe Mantha (19)1–105:13 PIT · 
Mike Blaisdell (8)Mike Bullard (15)2–105:44 PIT
Clark Gillies (1)Pat LaFontaine (8), Paul Boutilier (9)2–208:06 NYI
Willy Lindstrom (6)Dave Hannan (6), John Chabot (9)3–210:11 PIT
2nd period
Pat LaFontaine (15)Clark Gillies (3), Gord Dineen (2)3–312:07 NYI
Brent Sutter (5)Duane Sutter (9), Ken Morrow (4)3–419:24 NYI
3rd period
Mike Bossy (18)Bryan Trottier (17)3–503:19 NYI
Doug Bodger (2)Mike Blaisdell (4), Randy Cunneyworth (12)4–510:37 PIT
Tomas Jonsson (5)Unassisted4–619:16 NYI · 
Bryan Trottier (10)Mike Bossy (16), Tomas Jonsson (6)4–719:31 NYI ·
Team stats
PITNYI
2632
0%0%
1/30/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:56 into the first period
Mikko Makela · hooking2 min - 4:23 into the first periodPaul Boutilier · cross checking2 min
- 14:27 into the first periodPatrick Flatley · roughing2 min
- 14:27 into the first period
Ted Nolan · interference2 min - 15:02 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · hooking2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodVille Siren · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 34Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
New York Islanders
| 9Clark GilliesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |