Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, December 23, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 28–15.
Pat LaFontaine scored twice. Ron Duguay, Rod Buskas, Randy Cunneyworth, Ken Leiter and Mike Bossy also scored.
Billy Smith made 12 saves on 15 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Pat LaFontaine (18)Tomas Jonsson (16), Mike Bossy (19)0–113:49 NYI ·
2nd period
Ron Duguay (4)Jim Johnson (15), Chris Dahlquist (1)1–102:32 PIT- Pat LaFontaine (19)Mike Bossy (20), Tomas Jonsson (17)1–208:51 NYI ·
Rod Buskas (2)Craig Simpson (11)2–213:28 PIT
3rd period
Randy Cunneyworth (10)Doug Bodger (15), Dan Quinn (11)3–202:04 PIT
Ken Leiter (4)Brent Sutter (18)3–315:10 NYI
Overtime
Mike Bossy (22)Steve Konroyd (7), Richard Kromm (6)3–403:25 NYI
Team stats
PITNYI
1528
0%0%
0/42/3
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:20 into the first period
Brian Curran · elbowing2 min - 9:20 into the first period
Chris Dahlquist · hooking2 min - 13:35 into the first periodRon Duguay · hooking2 min
- 18:54 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 8:13 into the second periodDwight Mathiasen · tripping2 min
- 13:42 into the second periodGord Dineen · slashing2 min
- 19:07 into the second periodBrian Curran · roughing2 min
- 19:07 into the second periodDan Quinn · holding2 min
- 7:49 into the third periodMikko Makela · hooking2 min
- 2:43 into overtimeBrian Curran · roughing2 min
- 2:43 into overtimeDan Quinn · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Dan QuinnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dwight MathiasenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 15 | 3 | .800 |