Visitor: Buffalo Sabres

Home: Pittsburgh Penguins

Date: February 26, 1986

Scoring:

Team 1 2 3 Final

BUF 0 0 2 2

PIT 1 1 3 5

Visitor playmakers:

Dave Andreychuk, Gilles Hamel

Home playmakers:

Mario Lemieux, Dave Hannan, Ville Siren, Mike Bullard

Network: NBC (WGRZ Buffalo)

Announcers: Ed Kilgore, Jim Lorentz, Ted Darling

Pregame: Yes

Intermissions: Yes

Postgame: Yes

Commercials: Yes

Grade: 90/100. Broadcast quality, no bad spots.

Notes: The Sabres and the Penguins meet for the third time in the season, with Pittsburgh winning the previous two games. Mario Lemieux, in his sophomore season, opens the scoring for the Pens by beating goalie Tom Barasso. The Sabres try to mount a comeback in the third period, but it’s too little, too late. This is a good, fast-moving game from the time before “the trap,” when hockey was still good.

Thanks Trevor!

Running time: 2:49