Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, October 17, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–3 on Friday, October 17, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 33–29.
Mario Lemieux scored a hat trick and Craig Simpson scored twice. Gilbert Perreault, Rod Buskas, Mike Hartman, John Chabot and Christian Ruuttu also scored.
Roberto Romano made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 26 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Gilbert Perreault (3)Phil Housley (3), Paul Cyr (2)0–106:50 BUF
Rod Buskas (1)Terry Ruskowski (3), Ron Duguay (6)1–111:39 PIT
Mario Lemieux (6)Ron Duguay (7), Terry Ruskowski (4)2–115:30 PIT
2nd period
Mike Hartman (1)Mike Ramsey (1)2–205:01 BUF
John Chabot (2)Bob Errey (2), Dave Hannan (3)3–206:17 PIT
Craig Simpson (2)Mario Lemieux (3), Terry Ruskowski (5)4–211:21 PIT- Mario Lemieux (7)Craig Simpson (2), Warren Young (3)5–216:58 PIT ·
3rd period
- Craig Simpson (3)Mario Lemieux (4), Terry Ruskowski (6)6–202:07 PIT
Christian Ruuttu (2)Jim Korn (1), Doug Smith (1)6–305:33 BUF- Mario Lemieux (8)Doug Bodger (1)7–307:09 PIT
Team stats
PITBUF
3329
0%0%
1/50/4
3739
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:23 into the first period
Christian Ruuttu · interference2 min - 11:08 into the first periodClark Gillies · high sticking2 min
- 11:08 into the first period
Randy Hillier · interference2 min - 16:59 into the first periodMoe Mantha · hooking2 min
- 18:10 into the first periodClark Gillies · interference2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodMike Foligno · instigator2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 0:36 into the second periodJim Hofford · high sticking2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodJim Hofford · fighting5 min
- 0:36 into the second periodJim Hofford · game misconduct10 min
- 0:36 into the second periodRon Duguay · fighting5 min
- 0:36 into the second periodRon Duguay · game misconduct10 min
- 0:36 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 8:43 into the second periodMario Lemieux · holding2 min
- 12:59 into the second periodWarren Young · interference2 min
- 15:56 into the second periodClark Gillies · hooking2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodDan Frawley · tripping2 min
- 3:16 into the third periodMike Hartman · fighting5 min
- 3:16 into the third periodDave Hannan · fighting5 min
- 14:18 into the third periodWilf Paiement · cross checking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 39Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Jim HoffordD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 33 | 7 | .788 |