Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Sunday, December 22, 1985 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in overtime on Sunday, December 22, 1985 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Penguins 38–27.
Goals came from Mario Lemieux, Dave Brown, Ilkka Sinisalo, Terry Ruskowski and Murray Craven.
Bob Froese made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 35 of 38.
Scoring
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (20)Terry Ruskowski (16), Mike Blaisdell (6)1–011:26 PIT
Dave Brown (4)Murray Craven (20)1–112:20 PHI
3rd period
Ilkka Sinisalo (18)Pelle Eklund (19), Tim Kerr (13)1–206:06 PHI · 
Terry Ruskowski (12)Moe Mantha (22)2–212:10 PIT
Overtime
Murray Craven (11)Brad McCrimmon (21)2–302:12 PHI
Team stats
PITPHI
2738
0%0%
0/51/4
1832
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:23 into the first period
Dave Brown · cross checking5 min - 0:23 into the first period
Terry Ruskowski · roughing2 min - 2:17 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · interference2 min
- 5:32 into the first periodMike Bullard · illegal equipment2 min
- 8:32 into the first periodRick Tocchet · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:32 into the first periodMoe Mantha · roughing2 min
- 10:51 into the first periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 10:59 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · interference2 min
- 17:44 into the first periodMurray Craven · high sticking2 min
- 17:44 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodDaryl Stanley · cross checking2 min
- 14:41 into the second periodDaryl Stanley · fighting5 min
- 14:41 into the second periodDaryl Stanley · game misconduct10 min
- 14:41 into the second periodDan Frawley · roughing2 min
- 5:36 into the third periodWilly Lindstrom · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 38 | 3 | .921 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Thomas ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Darren JensenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Bob FroeseG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |