Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 1985 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Tuesday, December 17, 1985 at Met Center. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 38–26.
Keith Acton scored twice. Dino Ciccarelli, Tim Coulis, Kelly Kisio, Dirk Graham, Petr Klima, Steve Yzerman and Dennis Maruk also scored.
Jon Casey made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (8)Neal Broten (24), Craig Hartsburg (16)0–108:03 MNS · 
Tim Coulis (1)Dennis Maruk (12), Curt Giles (9)0–210:45 MNS
2nd period
Kelly Kisio (4)Unassisted1–206:31 DET
Keith Acton (11)Dirk Graham (18)1–310:20 MNS · 
Dirk Graham (9)Scott Bjugstad (7)1–419:09 MNS · 
Petr Klima (12)Bob Probert (2), Greg Smith (9)2–419:20 DET ·
3rd period
Steve Yzerman (7)Unassisted3–418:44 DET- Keith Acton (12)Tony McKegney (10)3–519:12 MNS
Dennis Maruk (4)Steve Payne (1), Curt Giles (10)3–619:55 MNS ·
Team stats
DETMNS
3826
0%0%
1/62/4
2024
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:05 into the first period
Rick Zombo · interference2 min - 13:32 into the first period
Dave Langevin · tripping2 min - 16:16 into the first periodRick Zombo · high sticking2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodChristopher Cichocki · tripping2 min
- 11:30 into the second periodReed Larson · cross checking2 min
- 11:30 into the second periodMats Hallin · slashing2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodTony McKegney · interference2 min
- 17:57 into the second periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
- 17:57 into the second periodMats Hallin · fighting5 min
- 17:57 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · tripping2 min
- 7:10 into the third periodBob Probert · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the third periodTim Coulis · roughing2 min
- 7:10 into the third periodTim Coulis · fighting5 min
- 8:04 into the third periodPetr Klima · hooking2 min
- 9:17 into the third periodDave Langevin · tripping2 min
- 12:09 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 16Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 9 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Christopher CichockiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 31Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Tim CoulisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |