New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 1986 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 6–5 in overtime on Saturday, October 11, 1986 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 40–36.
Mike Ridley scored twice. John Chabot, Mario Lemieux, Tomas Sandstrom, Walt Poddubny, Ville Siren, Mike Bullard, Bob Errey, Mark Osborne and Doug Bodger also scored.
Roberto Romano made 31 saves on 36 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 34 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
John Chabot (1)Bob Errey (1), Jim Johnson (2)0–110:17 PIT
Mario Lemieux (2)Dan Frawley (1), Jim Johnson (3)0–218:54 PIT
2nd period
Mike Ridley (1)Pierre Larouche (2), James Patrick (1)1–201:07 NYR
Tomas Sandstrom (2)Walt Poddubny (3), Kjell Samuelsson (1)2–204:39 NYR · 
Walt Poddubny (1)James Patrick (2), Tomas Sandstrom (1)3–214:48 NYR · - Mike Ridley (2)Pierre Larouche (3), Kelly Miller (1)4–217:20 NYR ·
3rd period
Ville Siren (1)Moe Mantha (2), Ron Duguay (2)4–304:02 PIT · 
Mike Bullard (1)Mario Lemieux (1), Terry Ruskowski (1)4–406:08 PIT
Bob Errey (1)Jim Johnson (4), Ron Duguay (3)4–506:56 PIT
Mark Osborne (2)Walt Poddubny (4), Tomas Sandstrom (2)5–511:49 NYR
Overtime
Doug Bodger (1)Dave Hannan (1)5–600:50 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
3640
0%0%
3/61/8
3430
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:12 into the first period
James Patrick · holding2 min - 7:03 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 9:17 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:31 into the first periodDon Jackson · roughing2 min
- 9:31 into the first period
Terry Ruskowski · hooking2 min - 9:31 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 13:47 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 13:47 into the first periodMike Bullard · high sticking2 min
- 14:10 into the first periodRod Buskas · high sticking2 min
- 16:25 into the first periodJohn Chabot · holding2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodMark Osborne · high sticking2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodRod Buskas · high sticking2 min
- 2:52 into the second periodVille Siren · interference2 min
- 5:12 into the second periodDon Maloney · tripping2 min
- 6:52 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · roughing2 min
- 6:52 into the second periodMike Bullard · interference2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · slashing2 min
- 9:56 into the second periodWalt Poddubny · high sticking2 min
- 14:10 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · roughing2 min
- 14:10 into the second periodDan Frawley · roughing2 min
- 14:24 into the second periodJim Johnson · holding2 min
- 17:11 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:38 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 3:30 into the third periodDave Gagner · hooking2 min
- 7:58 into the third periodChris Jensen · roughing2 min
- 7:58 into the third periodDave Hannan · roughing2 min
- 13:21 into the third periodDon Maloney · roughing2 min
- 13:21 into the third periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 15:22 into the third periodLucien DeBlois · hooking2 min
- 17:30 into the third periodBob Brooke · roughing2 min
- 17:30 into the third periodCraig Simpson · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 40 | 6 | .850 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | W | 36 | 5 | .861 |