Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, March 19, 1986 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 7–3 on Wednesday, March 19, 1986 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 25–18.
Norm Schmidt scored twice and Terry Ruskowski scored twice. Rich Preston, Willy Lindstrom, Troy Loney, Doug Sulliman, Ron Duguay and Mark Johnson also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 18 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Rich Preston (17)Randy Velischek (6), Peter McNab (22)0–104:46 NJD
Willy Lindstrom (14)Mike Bullard (40), Randy Cunneyworth (28)1–108:59 PIT
Troy Loney (2)Jim Johnson (25), John Chabot (24)2–109:07 PIT
Norm Schmidt (13)Unassisted3–111:37 PIT
2nd period
Terry Ruskowski (25)Ron Duguay (33), Mario Lemieux (85)4–111:09 PIT
Doug Sulliman (19)Pat Verbeek (22), Kirk Muller (37)4–214:54 NJD
3rd period
- Norm Schmidt (14)Mario Lemieux (86)5–202:13 PIT ·
Ron Duguay (22)Mario Lemieux (87), Moe Mantha (48)6–207:14 PIT- Terry Ruskowski (26)Moe Mantha (49), Mario Lemieux (88)7–210:23 PIT ·
Mark Johnson (17)Randy Velischek (7)7–311:06 NJD
Team stats
PITNJD
2518
0%0%
2/40/2
1115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:34 into the first period
Don Dietrich · hooking2 min - 12:15 into the first periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 13:40 into the first period
Mike Bullard · high sticking2 min - 1:59 into the third periodPaul Gagne · tripping2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodMark Johnson · roughing2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodCraig Simpson · roughing2 min
- 7:31 into the third periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
- 8:55 into the third periodPat Verbeek · boarding2 min
- 10:29 into the third periodPerry Anderson · fighting5 min
- 10:29 into the third periodRod Buskas · fighting5 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Don DietrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | L | 25 | 7 | .720 |