Boston Bruins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, October 16, 1986 · Met Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–3 on Thursday, October 16, 1986 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Bruins 30–27.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Keith Crowder, Brian Bellows, Greg Johnston, Cam Neely, Mike Milbury and Rick Middleton also scored.
Pat Riggin made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Crowder (3)Geoff Courtnall (5), Thomas Gradin (3)1–004:05 BOS · 
Brian Bellows (1)Kent Nilsson (1)1–104:35 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (4)Neal Broten (2), Brian MacLellan (2)1–206:06 MNS · - Dino Ciccarelli (5)Frantisek Musil (1), Kent Nilsson (2)1–309:10 MNS
2nd period
Greg Johnston (1)Keith Crowder (3)2–301:13 BOS
Cam Neely (3)Geoff Courtnall (6), Thomas Gradin (4)3–310:21 BOS
Mike Milbury (1)Rick Middleton (2), Steve Kasper (2)4–311:49 BOS
3rd period
Rick Middleton (3)Randy Burridge (2), Michael Thelven (1)5–303:41 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSMNS
2730
0%0%
1/61/5
1219
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:44 into the first period
Curt Giles · tripping2 min - 5:35 into the first period
Greg Johnston · holding2 min - 10:08 into the first periodMike Milbury · elbowing2 min
- 15:14 into the first periodMarc Habscheid · holding2 min
- 19:06 into the first periodKeith Crowder · high sticking2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodTom McCarthy · roughing2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · hooking2 min
- 2:33 into the third periodMike Milbury · hooking2 min
- 4:07 into the third periodWilli Plett · high sticking double minor4 min
- 6:53 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · hooking2 min
- 18:12 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · elbowing5 min
- 19:49 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Kraig NienhuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |