New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 1985 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Saturday, December 28, 1985 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 33–31.
Goals came from Mike Bossy, John Tonelli, Mikko Makela, Ville Siren, Doug Shedden and Bob Bourne.
Billy Smith made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bossy (22)Bryan Trottier (21)1–010:09 NYI
2nd period
John Tonelli (11)Patrick Flatley (12), Pat LaFontaine (11)2–004:52 NYI
Mikko Makela (4)Greg Gilbert (6), Mark Hamway (10)3–005:23 NYI
Ville Siren (1)Mario Lemieux (39)3–108:43 PIT · 
Doug Shedden (17)Mario Lemieux (40), Jim Johnson (11)3–215:09 PIT
3rd period
Bob Bourne (2)Unassisted4–219:44 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIPIT
3133
0%0%
0/31/4
1311
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:30 into the first period
Stefan Persson · holding2 min - 1:21 into the second period
Willy Lindstrom · tripping2 min - 7:23 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · hooking2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · hooking2 min
- 13:03 into the second periodClark Gillies · slashing2 min
- 13:03 into the second periodClark Gillies · fighting5 min
- 13:03 into the second periodNorm Schmidt · fighting5 min
- 15:30 into the second periodDave Hannan · slashing2 min
- 17:18 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Mark HamwayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |