Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, October 22, 1986 · Civic Arena

4–5

40–33

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Wednesday, October 22, 1986 at Civic Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 40–33.

Mario Lemieux scored twice. Mike Blaisdell, Jim Korn, Lindy Ruff, Kevin Lavallee, Gilbert Perreault, Gaetano Orlando and Randy Cunneyworth also scored.

Roberto Romano made 36 saves on 40 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 28 of 33.

Goals
BUF	1	2	1	0	4	40
PIT	1	1	2	1	5	33

Scoring

1st period

Mike Blaisdell (1)Mike Bullard (6), Randy Cunneyworth (1)0–109:54 PIT
Jim Korn (1)Unassisted1–115:04 BUF

2nd period

Lindy Ruff (1)Paul Cyr (4)2–104:21 BUF ·
Kevin Lavallee (1)Terry Ruskowski (7), Moe Mantha (5)2–205:40 PIT ·
Gilbert Perreault (4)Lindy Ruff (1), Wilf Paiement (2)3–210:36 BUF

3rd period

Gaetano Orlando (1)Wilf Paiement (3), Gilbert Perreault (4)4–204:41 BUF
Mario Lemieux (9)Moe Mantha (6), Kevin Lavallee (2)4–314:53 PIT ·
Mario Lemieux (10)Terry Ruskowski (8), Ville Siren (4)4–416:02 PIT ·

Overtime

Randy Cunneyworth (6)Dan Frawley (2), Craig Simpson (4)4–502:30 PIT

Team stats

BUFPIT

4033

0%0%

0/43/10

3726

Penalties

1:33 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · hooking2 min
6:11 into the first periodKen Priestlay · hooking2 min
6:11 into the first periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
6:11 into the first periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
11:51 into the first periodBob Halkidis · tripping2 min
16:15 into the first periodPaul Cyr · holding2 min
3:43 into the second periodBob Halkidis · hooking2 min
5:02 into the second periodScott Arniel · hooking2 min
7:18 into the second periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
16:41 into the second periodMoe Mantha · interference2 min
0:16 into the third periodWilf Paiement · high sticking2 min
7:44 into the third periodBob Halkidis · roughing2 min
7:44 into the third periodGaetano Orlando · holding2 min
7:44 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
10:07 into the third periodMoe Mantha · tripping2 min
12:34 into the third periodMike Hartman · misconduct10 min
12:34 into the third periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
12:34 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · charging2 min
12:34 into the third periodRandy Hillier · misconduct10 min
14:35 into the third periodJim Hofford · slashing5 min
18:31 into the third periodLindy Ruff · elbowing2 min
18:31 into the third periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

11Gilbert PerreaultC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
22Lindy RuffL	1	1	2	+2	4	4	–	–
27Wilf PaiementR	0	2	2	+2	2	2	–	–
18Paul CyrL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	–	–
23Gaetano OrlandoC	1	0	1	+1	4	2	–	–
4Jim KornD	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
7John TuckerR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
9Scott ArnielL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
12Ken PriestlayC	0	0	0	+1	3	2	–	–
16Paul BrydgesC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
17Mike FolignoR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
20Mike HartmanL	0	0	0	0	4	10	–	–
21Christian RuuttuC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
38Adam CreightonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
3Jim HoffordD	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	0	0	0	0	5	2	–	–
6Phil HousleyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
19Bob HalkidisD	0	0	0	+2	1	6	–	–

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Jacques CloutierG	L	33	28	5	.849	62:30
30Tom BarrassoG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

8Terry RuskowskiC	0	2	2	−2	1	2	–	–
15Randy CunneyworthL	1	1	2	+2	3	4	–	–
16Kevin LavalleeL	1	1	2	−1	3	0	–	–
66Mario LemieuxC	2	0	2	−3	7	4	–	–
20Moe ManthaD	0	2	2	0	6	4	–	–
18Craig SimpsonL	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
22Mike BullardC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–
26Mike BlaisdellR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
28Dan FrawleyR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
5Ville SirenD	0	1	1	−3	2	0	–	–
9John ChabotC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
10Ron DuguayC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
12Bob ErreyL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
32Dave HannanC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
6Jim JohnsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
7Rod BuskasD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
23Randy HillierD	0	0	0	−1	1	10	–	–
34Todd CharlesworthD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
27Gilles MelocheG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Roberto RomanoG	W	40	36	4	.900	62:30