New Jersey Devils vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, December 9, 1985 · Met Center
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–4 on Monday, December 9, 1985 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Devils 32–28.
Mel Bridgman scored twice. Craig Hartsburg, Mark Johnson, Pat Verbeek, Joe Cirella, Dino Ciccarelli, Neal Broten, Dirk Graham and Craig Wolanin also scored.
Glenn Resch made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Hartsburg (4)Dennis Maruk (8), Dino Ciccarelli (9)0–104:28 MNS
Mark Johnson (6)Perry Anderson (2), Tim Higgins (5)1–105:11 NJD
Pat Verbeek (6)Peter McNab (9)2–108:38 NJD
Joe Cirella (2)Mark Johnson (10), Perry Anderson (3)3–114:00 NJD
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (7)Kent Nilsson (12)3–203:05 MNS · 
Mel Bridgman (7)Craig Wolanin (7)4–213:43 NJD
3rd period
Neal Broten (15)Dino Ciccarelli (10)4–301:34 MNS
Dirk Graham (7)Curt Giles (8), Craig Hartsburg (14)4–405:50 MNS
Craig Wolanin (1)Kirk Muller (12), John MacLean (9)5–408:53 NJD- Mel Bridgman (8)Craig Wolanin (8)6–419:33 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDMNS
2832
0%0%
0/21/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:59 into the first period
Willi Plett · high sticking2 min - 5:37 into the first period
Craig Wolanin · tripping2 min - 15:12 into the first periodPhil Russell · cross checking2 min
- 1:44 into the second periodDave Lewis · hooking2 min
- 15:21 into the second periodPhil Russell · hooking2 min
- 18:22 into the second periodDirk Graham · hooking2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodGlenn Resch · slashing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 6Craig WolaninD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Gord ShervenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Tim CoulisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |