Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, January 29, 1986 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4–1 on Wednesday, January 29, 1986 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 28–23.
Goals came from Randy Cunneyworth, John MacLean, Terry Ruskowski, John Chabot and Bob Errey.
Gilles Meloche made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
2nd period
Randy Cunneyworth (8)Mike Bullard (26)1–006:23 PIT
John MacLean (10)Phil Russell (3), Kirk Muller (23)1–117:33 NJD
Terry Ruskowski (17)Doug Shedden (22), Mario Lemieux (60)2–119:55 PIT ·
3rd period
John Chabot (9)Ville Siren (5)3–104:47 PIT
Bob Errey (11)John Chabot (16), Dave Hannan (12)4–119:16 PIT
Team stats
PITNJD
2328
0%0%
1/60/5
2616
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:03 into the first period
Tim Higgins · high sticking2 min - 12:17 into the first periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 0:36 into the second period
Moe Mantha · high sticking2 min - 6:48 into the second periodPhil Russell · elbowing2 min
- 10:14 into the second periodRod Buskas · holding2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodPhil Russell · delaying game2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · delaying game2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodJoe Cirella · roughing double minor4 min
- 15:18 into the second periodTroy Loney · misconduct10 min
- 15:18 into the second periodCraig Simpson · roughing2 min
- 15:59 into the second periodVille Siren · hooking2 min
- 16:17 into the second periodDoug Sulliman · tripping2 min
- 19:04 into the second periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 0:12 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · tripping2 min
- 10:21 into the third periodCraig Simpson · high sticking2 min
- 14:57 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9John ChabotC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |