Pittsburgh Penguins vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 1985 · St. Louis Arena

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8–4

Final

SOG 23–42

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 8-4 on Tuesday, December 31, 1985 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Penguins 42-23.

Mario Lemieux scored 4 goals, Ron Flockhart scored twice, Mike Bullard scored a hat trick and Mark Hunter scored twice. Mike Blaisdell also scored.

Roberto Romano made 38 saves on 42 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 15 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	3	1	4	8	23
STL	1	0	3	4	42

Scoring

1st period

Mario Lemieux (21)Terry Ruskowski (17), Chris Dahlquist (1)1–004:18 PIT
Ron Flockhart (11)Ric Nattress (12), Bernie Federko (26)1–109:07 STL · PPG
Mario Lemieux (22)Unassisted2–109:40 PIT
Mike Bullard (18)Randy Cunneyworth (16)3–111:02 PIT

2nd period

Mario Lemieux (23)Mike Bullard (20), Moe Mantha (24)4–101:20 PIT · PPG

3rd period

Mario Lemieux (24)Moe Mantha (25), Doug Bodger (17)5–104:53 PIT · PPG
Ron Flockhart (12)Dave Barr (17), Rob Ramage (26)5–206:52 STL · PPG
Mark Hunter (21)Bernie Federko (27), Joe Mullen (11)5–307:52 STL · PPG
Mike Bullard (19)Randy Cunneyworth (17)6–309:03 PIT · SHG
Mark Hunter (22)Joe Mullen (12), Ron Flockhart (18)6–411:16 STL · PPG
Mike Bullard (20)Mario Lemieux (41), Doug Shedden (15)7–414:55 PIT · PPG
Mike Blaisdell (10)Mario Lemieux (42)8–417:35 PIT

Team stats

PITSTL

23Shots on goal42

0%Faceoff %0%

3/6Power play4/8

27Penalty minutes24

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 05:12Brian Sutter · cross checking2 min
1st 07:27Mike Bullard · tripping2 min
1st 18:33Mike Blaisdell · fighting5 min
1st 18:33Jim Pavese · roughing2 min
1st 18:33Jim Pavese · fighting5 min
2nd 01:07Terry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
2nd 01:07Rob Ramage · slashing2 min
2nd 01:07Rob Ramage · fighting5 min
2nd 05:17Jim Johnson · interference2 min
2nd 06:08Mike Bullard · holding2 min
2nd 07:23Mark Hunter · high sticking2 min
3rd 00:35Moe Mantha · hooking2 min
3rd 03:59Bernie Federko · slashing2 min
3rd 06:30Dave Hannan · high sticking5 min
3rd 11:00John Chabot · hooking2 min
3rd 13:19Ted Nolan · roughing2 min
3rd 13:19Mark Hunter · roughing2 min
3rd 14:09Rob Ramage · hooking2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

66Mario LemieuxC	4	2	6	+3	4	0	0	0	–	–
22Mike BullardC	3	1	4	+2	4	0	0	4	–	–
15Randy CunneyworthL	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	–
20Moe ManthaD	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	2	–	–
8Terry RuskowskiC	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	5	–	–
14Doug SheddenC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	–
26Mike BlaisdellR	1	0	1	+3	3	0	0	5	–	–
2Chris DahlquistD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	–
3Doug BodgerD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	–	–
9John ChabotC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	–
18Craig SimpsonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
19Willy LindstromR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	–
28Dan FrawleyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
32Dave HannanC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	–	–
34Ted NolanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
5Ville SirenD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	–
6Jim JohnsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	–
25Norm SchmidtD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
27Gilles MelocheG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Roberto RomanoG	W	42	38	4	.905	60:00

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

12Ron FlockhartC	2	1	3	-2	5	0	0	0	–	–
7Joe MullenR	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	0	–	–
20Mark HunterR	2	0	2	-1	6	0	0	4	–	–
24Bernie FederkoC	0	2	2	-1	1	0	0	2	–	–
6Dave BarrR	0	1	1	-2	1	0	0	0	–	–
5Rob RamageD	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	9	–	–
27Ric NattressD	0	1	1	-3	1	0	0	0	–	–
9Doug GilmourC	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	–	–
11Brian SutterL	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	2	–	–
15Mark ReedsR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	–
16Kevin LavalleeL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–
21Normand BaronL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	–
22Rick MeagherC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	–
28Greg PaslawskiR	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	–	–
4Rik WilsonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	–
10Bruce BellD	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	–	–
26Terry JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
35Jim PaveseD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	7	–	–

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Greg MillenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Rick WamsleyG	L	23	15	8	.652	60:00