Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 1986 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 on Saturday, December 20, 1986 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Flyers 33–18.
Goals came from Brad McCrimmon, Pelle Eklund, Willy Lindstrom, Dave Poulin, Murray Craven, Tim Kerr, Mario Lemieux, Mark Howe, Dan Quinn and Kevin Lavallee.
Ron Hextall made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 6 of 8.
Scoring
1st period
Brad McCrimmon (5)Ilkka Sinisalo (10), Pelle Eklund (24)1–013:42 PHI
Pelle Eklund (6)Ilkka Sinisalo (11), Brad McCrimmon (10)2–013:52 PHI
Willy Lindstrom (4)Dan Quinn (10), Randy Cunneyworth (5)2–116:01 PIT
2nd period
Dave Poulin (11)Ilkka Sinisalo (12), Mark Howe (22)3–103:35 PHI · 
Murray Craven (9)Tim Kerr (16), J.J. Daigneault (8)4–105:06 PHI
Tim Kerr (27)Peter Zezel (15), Brad McCrimmon (11)5–110:52 PHI · 
Mario Lemieux (27)Kevin Lavallee (12), Moe Mantha (18)5–215:55 PIT · 
Mark Howe (8)Dave Brown (1), Peter Zezel (16)6–217:28 PHI
3rd period
Dan Quinn (10)Mario Lemieux (28), Jim Johnson (14)6–301:48 PIT · 
Kevin Lavallee (7)Dan Frawley (5), Craig Simpson (10)6–408:43 PIT
Team stats
PHIPIT
1833
0%0%
1/22/6
3436
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:55 into the first period
Ron Sutter · elbowing2 min - 7:55 into the first period
Dan Quinn · holding2 min - 8:43 into the first periodDave Brown · roughing2 min
- 8:43 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · charging2 min
- 10:04 into the first periodMurray Craven · holding2 min
- 12:28 into the first periodBrad Marsh · high sticking2 min
- 12:45 into the first periodJim Johnson · holding2 min
- 19:31 into the first periodDerrick Smith · fighting5 min
- 19:31 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · fighting5 min
- 1:49 into the second periodRick Tocchet · tripping2 min
- 6:21 into the second periodMark Howe · cross checking2 min
- 6:21 into the second periodMark Howe · holding2 min
- 6:21 into the second periodLindsay Carson · roughing2 min
- 6:21 into the second periodDave Hannan · roughing2 min
- 6:21 into the second periodCraig Simpson · cross checking2 min
- 9:16 into the second periodDave Hannan · hooking2 min
- 15:37 into the second periodDave Poulin · tripping2 min
- 16:22 into the second periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 16:22 into the second periodDan Quinn · high sticking2 min
- 17:58 into the second periodDaryl Stanley · instigator2 min
- 17:58 into the second periodDaryl Stanley · fighting5 min
- 17:58 into the second periodRod Buskas · charging2 min
- 17:58 into the second periodRod Buskas · fighting5 min
- 19:50 into the second periodDave Brown · slashing2 min
- 19:32 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · misconduct10 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 33Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Dan QuinnC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 8 | 2 | .750 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 10 | 4 | .600 |