Minnesota North Stars vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Monday, March 3, 1986 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 8–5 on Monday, March 3, 1986 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 29–27.
Dino Ciccarelli scored a hat trick, Brian Lawton scored twice and Dwight Foster scored twice. Ted Speers, Kent Nilsson, Gerard Gallant, Dirk Graham, Reed Larson and Willi Plett also scored.
Don Beaupre made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mark Laforest stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Ted Speers (1)John Ogrodnick (24), Reed Larson (36)0–100:55 DET
Kent Nilsson (13)Dennis Maruk (28), Craig Hartsburg (35)1–105:11 MNS · 
Gerard Gallant (17)Adam Oates (4), Jim Leavins (7)1–207:07 DET
Dirk Graham (17)Keith Acton (26)2–212:23 MNS
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (29)Neal Broten (59), Curt Giles (18)3–200:49 MNS- Dino Ciccarelli (30)Neal Broten (60), Scott Bjugstad (24)4–203:54 MNS
Brian Lawton (15)Brian Bellows (37), Craig Hartsburg (36)5–206:56 MNS · 
Dwight Foster (5)Petr Klima (19), Reed Larson (37)5–311:52 DET
Reed Larson (18)Adam Oates (5)5–415:28 DET · - Brian Lawton (16)Brian Bellows (38), Bob Rouse (13)6–415:46 MNS
- Dino Ciccarelli (31)Neal Broten (61)7–416:54 MNS
3rd period
- Dwight Foster (6)Joey Kocur (5), Petr Klima (20)7–518:04 DET
Willi Plett (8)Keith Acton (27), Brian Lawton (17)8–519:49 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSDET
2729
0%0%
2/41/3
1214
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00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:42 into the first period
Christopher Cichocki · tripping2 min - 9:37 into the first periodGerard Gallant · hooking2 min
- 10:13 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · roughing2 min
- 10:13 into the first period
Willi Plett · roughing2 min - 15:46 into the first periodBob Probert · roughing2 min
- 15:46 into the first periodBob Rouse · roughing2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodWilli Plett · charging2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · slashing2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodTony McKegney · hooking2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 5:19 into the second periodGerard Gallant · hooking2 min
- 15:06 into the second periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 18:54 into the second periodMark Laforest · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Ted SpeersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim LeavinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Christopher CichockiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mark LaforestG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |