Vancouver Canucks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, January 2, 1986 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Thursday, January 2, 1986 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Canucks 35–26.
Goals came from Dino Ciccarelli, Jean-Marc Lanthier, Stan Smyl, Scott Bjugstad and Steve Payne.
Don Beaupre made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (13)Neal Broten (34), Kent Nilsson (23)0–102:50 MNS · 
Jean-Marc Lanthier (5)Steve Tambellini (11), Moe Lemay (12)1–107:16 VAN
2nd period
Stan Smyl (14)Brent Peterson (10), Marc Crawford (3)2–108:57 VAN
3rd period
Scott Bjugstad (22)Dino Ciccarelli (21), Dave Langevin (5)2–204:12 MNS
Steve Payne (5)Brian Bellows (15), Craig Hartsburg (20)2–311:56 MNS
Team stats
VANMNS
2635
0%0%
0/41/4
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Garth Butcher · cross checking2 min - 13:32 into the first period
Willi Plett · holding2 min - 17:58 into the first periodDennis Maruk · hooking2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodDoug Halward · roughing2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodKeith Acton · fighting5 min
- 12:38 into the second periodMoe Lemay · fighting5 min
- 13:15 into the second periodGarth Butcher · interference2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 0:42 into the third periodBrent Peterson · holding2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodJ.J. Daigneault · hooking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 10Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Jean-Marc LanthierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |