Minnesota North Stars vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, December 22, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 8–3 on Sunday, December 22, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the North Stars 36–30.
Scott Bjugstad scored a hat trick, Dennis Maruk scored twice and Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Steve Payne, Paul Gagne, Dave Pichette and Phil Russell also scored.
Don Beaupre made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 21 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Bjugstad (17)Dino Ciccarelli (15)1–000:55 MNS
Steve Payne (1)Dino Ciccarelli (16), Keith Acton (18)2–009:16 MNS · 
Dennis Maruk (6)Brian Bellows (12), Kent Nilsson (18)3–010:18 MNS
Paul Gagne (7)Greg Adams (13), Dave Pichette (11)3–114:02 NJD · - Scott Bjugstad (18)Neal Broten (27)4–115:11 MNS
2nd period
Dave Pichette (5)Aaron Broten (17)4–200:12 NJD
Dino Ciccarelli (10)Neal Broten (28), Gordie Roberts (9)5–201:35 MNS- Dennis Maruk (7)Kent Nilsson (19), Brian Bellows (13)6–203:14 MNS
- Scott Bjugstad (19)Dino Ciccarelli (17), Neal Broten (29)7–203:59 MNS
3rd period
- Dino Ciccarelli (11)Neal Broten (30), Scott Bjugstad (8)8–200:19 MNS ·
Phil Russell (1)Mel Bridgman (14), Paul Gagne (6)8–313:18 NJD
Team stats
MNSNJD
3036
0%0%
2/41/6
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:38 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · holding2 min - 8:01 into the first period
Phil Russell · holding2 min - 10:05 into the first periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 10:05 into the first periodDave Pichette · holding2 min
- 12:53 into the first periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
- 15:46 into the first periodAaron Broten · slashing2 min
- 19:56 into the first periodPeter McNab · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBrian Lawton · delaying game2 min
- 15:52 into the second periodBrian Bellows · hooking2 min
- 18:23 into the second periodBruce Driver · hooking2 min
- 0:59 into the third periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 16:02 into the third periodDennis Maruk · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
New Jersey Devils
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 29 | 8 | .724 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |