🍁 Away Maple Leafs 12-12-3 before this game

3–8

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 16-10-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	2	1	0	3
PIT	3	4	1	8

Maple Leafs at Penguins

Penguins beat Maple Leafs 8–3 at PPG Paints Arena on December 12, 1986.

🗓 Fri, Dec 12, 1986 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Mario Lemieux

4 G, 2 A

7 shots · +2

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Terry Ruskowski

1 G, 3 A

1 shots · +2

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Doug Bodger

3 A

5 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Mario Lemieux PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:01

Assists: Moe Mantha, Doug Bodger

0–1

🐧 Mario Lemieux 1st · 09:35

Assists: Terry Ruskowski, Doug Bodger

0–2

🍁 Russ Courtnall 1st · 10:42

Assists: Gary Leeman, Wendel Clark

1–2

🐧 Mario Lemieux PP 1st · 13:42

Assists: Kevin Lavallee, Moe Mantha

1–3

🍁 Russ Courtnall PP 1st · 16:21

Assists: Borje Salming, Wendel Clark

2–3

2nd period

🐧 Terry Ruskowski PP 2nd · 00:43

Assists: Moe Mantha, Kevin Lavallee

2–4

🐧 Dan Quinn PP 2nd · 01:55

Assists: Randy Cunneyworth, Ville Siren

2–5

🐧 Craig Simpson 2nd · 07:49

Assists: Terry Ruskowski, Mario Lemieux

2–6

🐧 Mario Lemieux PP 2nd · 14:16

Assists: Craig Simpson, Doug Bodger

2–7

🍁 Wendel Clark 2nd · 14:35

Assists: Russ Courtnall, Gary Leeman

3–7

3rd period

🐧 Dan Quinn PP 3rd · 15:02

Assists: Mario Lemieux, Terry Ruskowski

3–8

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR PIT🐧

23 Shots on goal 31

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 6/10

41 Penalty minutes 35

TOR shooting 13.0% (3/23) PIT shooting 25.8% (8/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Allan Bester

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 32:11 TOI

Ken Wregget

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 27:49 TOI

🐧Penguins

Roberto Romano

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–3

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–7

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

6–5 · Maple Leafs won

Jan 2, 1985

🐧PIT @ 🍁TOR

2–1 · Penguins won

❓ TOR vs PIT, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Penguins on December 12, 1986?

Penguins won 8–3.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Penguins?

The final score was Maple Leafs 3, Penguins 8.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Russ Courtnall (2), Wendel Clark.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mario Lemieux (4), Dan Quinn (2), Craig Simpson, Terry Ruskowski.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Allan Bester made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Roberto Romano made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 10

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Dec 10

Also on December 12, 1986

✈️WIN @ 🛢️EDM

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