Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, January 11, 1986 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Saturday, January 11, 1986 at Met Center. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 44–25.
Bobby Carpenter scored twice. Tim Coulis, Steve Payne, Brian Bellows, Dirk Graham, Craig Laughlin and Scott Bjugstad also scored.
Jon Casey made 41 saves on 44 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Coulis (2)Dirk Graham (20), Keith Acton (20)0–102:45 MNS
Bobby Carpenter (11)Mike Gartner (24), Larry Murphy (18)1–109:40 WSH
Steve Payne (7)Dirk Graham (21), Brian Bellows (17)1–211:44 MNS ·
2nd period
Brian Bellows (18)Neal Broten (37)1–318:52 MNS
3rd period
- Bobby Carpenter (12)Rod Langway (7)2–302:02 WSH
Dirk Graham (15)Unassisted2–402:48 MNS
Craig Laughlin (13)Dave Christian (21), Mike Gartner (25)3–408:58 WSH · 
Scott Bjugstad (25)Dino Ciccarelli (23), Neal Broten (38)3–513:02 MNS
Team stats
WSHMNS
4425
0%0%
1/51/3
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:22 into the first period
Keith Acton · roughing2 min - 6:22 into the first period
Greg Adams · roughing2 min - 10:33 into the first periodJorgen Pettersson · holding2 min
- 13:06 into the first periodDirk Graham · interference2 min
- 15:51 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 1:50 into the second periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · high sticking2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 9:16 into the second periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 14:42 into the second periodDwight Schofield · slashing2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodSteve Payne · slashing2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 8:18 into the third periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 10 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Tim CoulisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 44 | 3 | .932 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |