Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 14, 1985 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Saturday, December 14, 1985 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 43–27.
Sylvain Turgeon scored twice. Paul Lawless, Norm Schmidt, Doug Bodger, Willy Lindstrom, Stew Gavin, Torrie Robertson and Mike Bullard also scored.
Mike Liut made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 38 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Sylvain Turgeon (16)Ron Francis (24), Dave Babych (17)0–110:41 HFD · 
Paul Lawless (10)Dean Evason (3), Stew Gavin (7)0–213:31 HFD
Norm Schmidt (4)Jim Johnson (9), John Chabot (10)1–213:57 PIT
2nd period
Doug Bodger (3)Mario Lemieux (31), Terry Ruskowski (11)2–208:27 PIT · 
Willy Lindstrom (7)John Chabot (11), Dave Hannan (7)3–210:00 PIT
Stew Gavin (9)Paul Lawless (8)3–312:17 HFD
Torrie Robertson (5)Risto Siltanen (14), Dean Evason (4)3–416:02 HFD ·
3rd period
- Sylvain Turgeon (17)Stew Gavin (8)3–516:49 HFD
Mike Bullard (13)Moe Mantha (21), Randy Cunneyworth (14)4–518:33 PIT ·
Team stats
PITHFD
2743
0%0%
2/52/5
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:18 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · holding2 min - 8:48 into the first period
Ville Siren · holding2 min - 18:05 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 4:00 into the second periodGreg Malone · slashing2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · interference2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodRod Buskas · holding2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodMoe Mantha · hooking2 min
- 17:15 into the second periodMike Blaisdell · tripping2 min
- 4:22 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · tripping2 min
- 18:21 into the third periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 43 | 5 | .884 |
Hartford Whalers
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |