Minnesota North Stars vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, January 7, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Tuesday, January 7, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The North Stars outshot the Islanders 30–24.
Goals came from Curt Giles, Mike Bossy, Scott Bjugstad, Patrick Flatley and Mats Hallin.
Jon Casey made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Curt Giles (3)Brian Bellows (16), Dennis Maruk (15)1–002:43 MNS
Mike Bossy (27)Tomas Jonsson (13), Bryan Trottier (24)1–113:45 NYI ·
2nd period
Scott Bjugstad (24)Dino Ciccarelli (22), Neal Broten (36)2–103:17 MNS
Patrick Flatley (12)John Tonelli (30), Denis Potvin (13)2–213:59 NYI
3rd period
Mats Hallin (1)Ed Hospodar (2)3–204:19 MNS
Team stats
MNSNYI
3024
0%0%
0/51/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:19 into the first period
Greg Gilbert · interference2 min - 5:40 into the first periodPaul Boutilier · holding2 min
- 7:49 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · holding2 min - 13:09 into the first periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 14:12 into the first periodGord Dineen · cross checking2 min
- 18:16 into the first periodDuane Sutter · tripping2 min
- 10:01 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · high sticking2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mats HallinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Christopher PryorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Roger KortkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |