Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1985 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Thursday, December 26, 1985 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Bruins 29–20.
Goals came from Mike Blaisdell, Doug Shedden, Dave Pasin, Ray Bourque, Moe Mantha, Doug Bodger and Keith Crowder.
Roberto Romano made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Blaisdell (9)Jim Johnson (10), Roberto Romano (1)0–104:12 PIT
Doug Shedden (16)Moe Mantha (23), Doug Bodger (15)0–208:35 PIT · 
Dave Pasin (10)Michael Thelven (11)1–219:12 BOS
2nd period
Ray Bourque (8)Keith Crowder (19), Barry Pederson (14)2–204:36 BOS ·
3rd period
Moe Mantha (5)Mario Lemieux (38), Doug Bodger (16)2–300:31 PIT · 
Doug Bodger (4)Doug Shedden (14), Mike Bullard (19)2–411:39 PIT
Keith Crowder (14)Ken Linseman (22), Michael Thelven (12)3–419:28 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSPIT
2029
0%0%
2/52/5
2727
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:39 into the first period
Ray Bourque · holding2 min - 12:35 into the first periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 12:35 into the first period
Rod Buskas · fighting5 min - 13:01 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · tripping2 min
- 17:10 into the first periodVille Siren · holding2 min
- 3:39 into the second periodDoug Shedden · hooking2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodNorm Schmidt · tripping2 min
- 7:56 into the second periodRick Middleton · tripping2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodSteve Kasper · cross checking2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · elbowing2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · fighting5 min
- 17:28 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 19:42 into the second periodJohn Blum · interference2 min
- 8:40 into the third periodVille Siren · tripping2 min
- 17:50 into the third periodMoe Mantha · roughing2 min
- 19:28 into the third periodKeith Crowder · fighting5 min
- 19:28 into the third periodJim Johnson · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave PasinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 3Doug BodgerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |