Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, October 9, 1986 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Thursday, October 9, 1986 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 32–18.
Dave Christian scored twice and Randy Cunneyworth scored a hat trick. Gaetan Duchesne, Bobby Gould, Mario Lemieux and Terry Ruskowski also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 14 saves on 18 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Gaetan Duchesne (1)Rod Langway (1), Bobby Gould (1)1–002:13 WSH
Bobby Gould (1)Dave Christian (1), Gaetan Duchesne (1)2–019:45 WSH
2nd period
Dave Christian (1)Craig Laughlin (1), Yvon Corriveau (1)3–003:00 WSH
Randy Cunneyworth (1)Craig Simpson (1)3–103:34 PIT
Mario Lemieux (1)Ron Duguay (1), Mike Bullard (1)3–205:26 PIT · 
Terry Ruskowski (1)Ville Siren (1), Mike Bullard (2)3–310:41 PIT ·
3rd period
- Randy Cunneyworth (2)Willy Lindstrom (1), Moe Mantha (1)3–405:09 PIT
- Randy Cunneyworth (3)Kevin Lavallee (1), Jim Johnson (1)3–510:49 PIT
- Dave Christian (2)Scott Stevens (1)4–511:11 WSH
Team stats
WSHPIT
1832
0%0%
0/52/8
2219
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:44 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · slashing2 min - 16:19 into the first periodScott Stevens · interference2 min
- 16:34 into the first period
Jim Johnson · hooking2 min - 3:52 into the second periodJeff Greenlaw · holding2 min
- 6:11 into the second periodBob Errey · holding2 min
- 6:38 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
- 9:15 into the second periodJohn Barrett · holding2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodRon Duguay · roughing2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodMike Bullard · high sticking5 min
- 13:20 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · interference2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodRod Buskas · roughing double minor4 min
- 18:20 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 5:52 into the third periodCraig Simpson · slashing2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · roughing2 min
- 18:13 into the third periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Jeff GreenlawL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 18 | 4 | .778 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |