Minnesota North Stars vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, April 2, 1986 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7–5 on Wednesday, April 2, 1986 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the North Stars 40–32.
Dennis Maruk scored twice and Kent Nilsson scored twice. Dirk Graham, Scott Bjugstad, Keith Brown, Steve Larmer, Keith Acton, Doug Wilson, Ken Yaremchuk and Curt Fraser also scored.
Jon Casey made 35 saves on 40 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Dirk Graham (22)Keith Acton (31), Gordie Roberts (20)1–002:28 MNS
Dennis Maruk (20)Kent Nilsson (42)2–010:59 MNS
Scott Bjugstad (43)Neal Broten (75), Dino Ciccarelli (44)3–015:09 MNS · 
Keith Brown (11)Behn Wilson (37), Steve Ludzik (5)3–116:40 CHI
Steve Larmer (31)Denis Savard (66)3–217:33 CHI
Keith Acton (26)Unassisted4–219:06 MNS
Doug Wilson (16)Steve Larmer (42), Denis Savard (67)4–319:46 CHI ·
2nd period
Kent Nilsson (15)Dennis Maruk (36)5–310:47 MNS- Dennis Maruk (21)Kent Nilsson (43), Brian Bellows (46)6–316:29 MNS
Ken Yaremchuk (14)Keith Brown (27), Behn Wilson (38)6–417:53 CHI- Kent Nilsson (16)Brian Bellows (47), Dennis Maruk (37)7–419:36 MNS
3rd period
Curt Fraser (28)Troy Murray (52)7–500:46 CHI
Team stats
MNSCHI
3240
0%0%
1/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:17 into the first period
Troy Murray · charging2 min - 12:22 into the first period
Ed Hospodar · holding2 min - 14:22 into the first periodCurt Fraser · holding2 min
- 19:42 into the first periodDave Langevin · holding2 min
- 9:12 into the third periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
- 12:21 into the third periodBehn Wilson · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Dennis MarukC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 40 | 5 | .875 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Ken YaremchukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bill WatsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 17Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |
| 31Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |