Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 15, 1985 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Sunday, December 15, 1985 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 40–26.
Craig Simpson scored twice. Reijo Ruotsalainen, Willy Lindstrom, Mario Lemieux, Mark Osborne and Terry Ruskowski also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (7)Tomas Sandstrom (14), Mark Pavelich (16)0–108:51 NYR
Willy Lindstrom (8)Dave Hannan (8), John Chabot (12)1–119:54 PIT
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (19)Craig Simpson (7)2–110:42 PIT
Mark Osborne (9)Unassisted2–214:16 NYR
Terry Ruskowski (11)Mario Lemieux (32), Norm Schmidt (6)3–218:55 PIT
3rd period
Craig Simpson (4)Mario Lemieux (33), Terry Ruskowski (12)4–201:02 PIT- Craig Simpson (5)Mario Lemieux (34), Terry Ruskowski (13)5–210:49 PIT
Team stats
PITNYR
2640
0%0%
0/50/3
1317
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:11 into the first period
Tony Feltrin · hooking2 min - 7:28 into the first periodBob Brooke · roughing2 min
- 7:56 into the first period
Terry Ruskowski · roughing2 min - 11:12 into the first periodMark Osborne · high sticking2 min
- 16:32 into the first periodRob Whistle · holding2 min
- 3:16 into the second periodBob Brooke · tripping2 min
- 5:50 into the second periodDoug Bodger · slashing2 min
- 7:08 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · fighting5 min
- 7:08 into the second periodJim Johnson · fighting5 min
- 2:07 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 2:07 into the third periodMoe Mantha · roughing2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 32Tony FeltrinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 41Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 6 | 1 | .833 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |