🐧 Away Penguins 25-40-3 before this game
3–4
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 26-34-9 before this game
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PIT 2013
HFD 2024

Penguins at Whalers

Whalers beat Penguins 4–3 on March 17, 1985.

🗓 Sun, Mar 17, 1985 · 18:00 CST 🏒 1984-85 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Kevin Dineen
1 G, 2 A
8 shots · +2
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Greg Malone
1 G, 2 A
7 shots · +2
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Torrie Robertson
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐳 Torrie Robertson Go-ahead 1st · 01:28
Assists: Kevin Dineen, Greg Malone · beat Denis Herron
0–1
🐧 Mike Bullard Tying 1st · 07:37
Assists: Dave Hannan · beat Mike Liut
1–1
🐳 Ray Neufeld Go-ahead 1st · 16:17
Assists: Ulf Samuelsson, Sylvain Turgeon · beat Denis Herron
1–2
🐧 Warren Young PP Tying 1st · 18:23
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Moe Mantha · beat Mike Liut
2–2
3rd period
🐳 Greg Malone Go-ahead 3rd · 01:07
Assists: Kevin Dineen · beat Denis Herron
2–3
🐳 Kevin Dineen 3rd · 14:45
Assists: Torrie Robertson, Greg Malone · beat Denis Herron
2–4
🐧 Mario Lemieux 3rd · 17:37
Assists: Wayne Babych, James McGeough · beat Mike Liut
3–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT HFD🐳
27 Shots on goal 42
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
10 Penalty minutes 8
PIT shooting 11.1% (3/27) HFD shooting 9.5% (4/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Denis Herron
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:42 TOI
🐳Whalers
Mike Liut
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 25-40-3 (37% win rate, 68 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 26-34-9 (38% win rate, 69 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 25-40-3 (37% win rate, 68 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 2nd: 26-34-9 (38% win rate, 69 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 28, 1984
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
0–4 · Penguins won
Nov 22, 1984
🐧PIT @ 🐳HFD
3–9 · Whalers won
Mar 17, 1984
🐧PIT @ 🐳HFD
4–2 · Penguins won
Dec 13, 1983
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · Penguins won
Oct 15, 1983
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
6–4 · Whalers won

❓ PIT vs HFD, answered

Who won Penguins vs Whalers on March 17, 1985?

Whalers won 4–3.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Whalers?

The final score was Penguins 3, Whalers 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mario Lemieux, Mike Bullard, Warren Young.

Who scored for Whalers?

Greg Malone, Kevin Dineen, Ray Neufeld, Torrie Robertson.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Denis Herron made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Whalers season series?

Whalers lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Mar 16
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
0–5 · PIT won
Next game · Mar 19
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · PHI won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Mar 16
🐳HFD @ 🎵STL
5–0 · HFD won
Next game · Mar 20
🎵STL @ 🐳HFD
2–3 · HFD won
Also on March 17, 1985
🏝️NYI @ 🔔PHI
3–5 final
⚔️BUF @ ✈️WIN
3–5 final
😈NJD @ 🗽NYR
3–7 final
🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN
6–4 final
🛢️EDM @ 👑LAK
4–5 final
Penguins season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule