Montréal Canadiens vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, January 23, 1986 · Met Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–2 on Thursday, January 23, 1986 at Met Center. The Canadiens outshot the North Stars 31–30.
Randy Bucyk scored twice. Neal Broten, Ryan Walter, Brian Bellows, Mats Naslund and Bob Gainey also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Bucyk (2)Brian Skrudland (8)1–005:28 MTL
Neal Broten (19)Dino Ciccarelli (26), Scott Bjugstad (14)1–106:48 MNS
2nd period
Ryan Walter (11)Larry Robinson (44), Kjell Dahlin (30)2–103:00 MTL · 
Brian Bellows (22)Tom McCarthy (8)2–204:59 MNS
Mats Naslund (31)Kjell Dahlin (31), Guy Carbonneau (23)3–209:00 MTL
3rd period
Bob Gainey (13)Chris Nilan (7)4–211:50 MTL- Randy Bucyk (3)Gaston Gingras (2)5–218:38 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLMNS
3130
0%0%
1/40/4
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:49 into the first period
Mike Lalor · high sticking2 min - 14:38 into the first period
Keith Acton · tripping2 min - 2:33 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodGaston Gingras · hooking2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodKeith Acton · high sticking2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodMario Tremblay · high sticking2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · interference2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodBrian Bellows · slashing2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodBobby Smith · high sticking2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodMario Tremblay · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Randy BucykC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 37Steve PenneyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Tim CoulisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 13Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |