Minnesota North Stars vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, December 7, 1984 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–3 on Friday, December 7, 1984 at Northlands Coliseum. The North Stars outshot the Oilers 34–21.
Jari Kurri scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Neal Broten, Wayne Gretzky, Tom McCarthy, Lee Fogolin, Mark Napier and Billy Carroll also scored.
Andy Moog made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (28)Wayne Gretzky (49), Paul Coffey (22)0–106:04 EDM · 
Glenn Anderson (17)Unassisted0–211:45 EDM
2nd period
Neal Broten (6)Steve Payne (10), Brian Bellows (11)1–200:44 MNS · 
Wayne Gretzky (26)Dave Hunter (8)1–307:18 EDM · 
Tom McCarthy (8)Dennis Maruk (16), Tom Hirsch (3)2–307:37 MNS · 
Lee Fogolin (2)Gord Sherven (6), Kevin McClelland (8)2–419:59 EDM
3rd period
Mark Napier (5)Ken Solheim (3)3–411:01 MNS- Jari Kurri (29)Wayne Gretzky (50), Mike Krushelnyski (16)3–518:29 EDM
Billy Carroll (2)Dave Semenko (5), Paul Coffey (23)3–619:23 EDM ·
Team stats
MNSEDM
3421
0%0%
2/61/6
1617
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:01 into the first period
Keith Acton · holding2 min - 10:11 into the first period
Wayne Gretzky · tripping2 min - 10:53 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · slashing2 min
- 13:47 into the first periodGord Sherven · high sticking2 min
- 16:00 into the first periodLee Fogolin · slashing5 min
- 1:44 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 3:58 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · high sticking2 min
- 4:31 into the second periodKevin Lowe · interference2 min
- 4:46 into the second periodDave Richter · boarding2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodPaul Coffey · slashing2 min
- 11:02 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · tripping2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodPaul Coffey · slashing2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodTom McCarthy · slashing2 min
- 2:05 into the third periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 31Ken SolheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Tom HirschD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Gord ShervenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Billy CarrollC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |