Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, April 6, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, April 6, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 38–29.
Goals came from Mike Bullard, Dwight Mathiasen, Jim Wiemer, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Raimo Helminen, Mike Ridley, Dave Hannan, Mike Blaisdell and Mario Lemieux.
Roberto Romano made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bullard (41)Bob Errey (6)1–004:25 PIT
Dwight Mathiasen (1)Ron Duguay (35), Mario Lemieux (93)2–006:22 PIT
Jim Wiemer (3)Mike Allison (13), Don Maloney (17)2–108:57 NYR
2nd period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (17)Raimo Helminen (30), Wilf Paiement (18)2–204:34 NYR
Raimo Helminen (10)Tomas Sandstrom (29), Mike Ridley (43)2–310:10 NYR · 
Mike Ridley (22)Chris Jensen (3), Kelly Miller (20)2–418:09 NYR
3rd period
Dave Hannan (17)Moe Mantha (52), Ville Siren (8)3–403:26 PIT
Mike Blaisdell (15)Troy Loney (9), Craig Simpson (16)4–408:27 PIT
Overtime
Mario Lemieux (48)Ron Duguay (36), Craig Simpson (17)5–400:25 PIT ·
Team stats
PITNYR
2938
0%0%
1/31/3
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:14 into the first period
Brian MacLellan · hooking2 min - 1:25 into the second periodRob Whistle · hooking2 min
- 8:35 into the second period
Doug Bodger · holding2 min - 15:05 into the second periodRon Greschner · roughing2 min
- 15:05 into the second periodDave Hannan · slashing2 min
- 5:38 into the third periodBob Errey · holding2 min
- 8:27 into the third periodGeorge McPhee · fighting5 min
- 8:27 into the third periodTroy Loney · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodBob Errey · roughing2 min
- 15:54 into the third periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
- 18:27 into the third periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 35Ron DuguayC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 24Dwight MathiasenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |
New York Rangers
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Jim WiemerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |