Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, November 25, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 on Tuesday, November 25, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 33–31.
Goals came from Pat LaFontaine, Brent Sutter, Mikko Makela, Bryan Trottier, Kevin Lavallee and Richard Kromm.
Kelly Hrudey made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Pat LaFontaine (12)Denis Potvin (16), Ken Leiter (4)0–108:26 NYI ·
2nd period
Brent Sutter (13)Mikko Makela (2), Tomas Jonsson (10)0–210:12 NYI · 
Mikko Makela (7)Pat LaFontaine (11), Greg Gilbert (1)0–314:48 NYI
Bryan Trottier (6)Mike Bossy (11), Pat LaFontaine (12)0–418:46 NYI ·
3rd period
Kevin Lavallee (6)Mario Lemieux (19), Bob Errey (10)1–410:20 PIT · 
Richard Kromm (4)Tomas Jonsson (11), Ken Morrow (4)1–519:51 NYI
Team stats
PITNYI
3133
0%0%
1/73/5
1418
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:11 into the first period
Randy Cunneyworth · cross checking2 min - 7:35 into the first periodDan Frawley · high sticking2 min
- 13:23 into the first period
Duane Sutter · roughing2 min - 13:23 into the first periodWarren Young · roughing2 min
- 15:07 into the first periodDale Henry · holding2 min
- 19:52 into the first periodKen Morrow · hooking2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodBob Bassen · hooking2 min
- 8:39 into the second periodJohn Chabot · tripping2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodDoug Bodger · tripping2 min
- 6:37 into the third periodBrent Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 8:28 into the third periodBrad Lauer · tripping2 min
- 11:45 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · high sticking2 min
- 11:45 into the third periodDan Frawley · high sticking2 min
- 15:35 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · hooking2 min
- 17:40 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |