Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, October 24, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 8–2 on Friday, October 24, 1986 at Capital Centre. The North Stars outshot the Capitals 37–32.
Larry Murphy scored twice and Michal Pivonka scored twice. Keith Acton, Greg Adams, Gaetan Duchesne, Marc Habscheid, Bobby Carpenter and Dave Christian also scored.
Bob Mason made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 24 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Acton (2)Tony McKegney (3)1–002:15 MNS
Larry Murphy (3)Gaetan Duchesne (5), Bobby Gould (4)1–106:26 WSH
Greg Adams (1)Alan Haworth (1)1–208:18 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne (2)Bobby Gould (5), Michal Pivonka (5)1–310:17 WSH
2nd period
- Larry Murphy (4)Bobby Carpenter (4)1–402:33 WSH
Marc Habscheid (1)Scott Bjugstad (7), Ron Wilson (5)2–408:12 MNS ·
3rd period
Bobby Carpenter (2)Mike Gartner (6), Scott Stevens (4)2–502:16 WSH · 
Michal Pivonka (3)Scott Stevens (5)2–609:27 WSH- Michal Pivonka (4)Larry Murphy (5)2–718:22 WSH ·
Dave Christian (5)Craig Laughlin (6), Mike Gartner (7)2–818:46 WSH
Team stats
MNSWSH
3732
0%0%
1/42/4
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:52 into the first period
Greg Adams · hooking2 min - 3:09 into the second period
Scott Bjugstad · holding2 min - 3:54 into the second periodKeith Acton · slashing2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodAlan Haworth · slashing2 min
- 6:18 into the second periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodDirk Graham · roughing2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodJohn Blum · roughing2 min
- 17:54 into the second periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 1:03 into the third periodScott Bjugstad · tripping2 min
- 3:53 into the third periodKeith Acton · high sticking2 min
- 3:53 into the third periodJeff Greenlaw · cross checking2 min
- 4:27 into the third periodGreg Adams · slashing2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · holding2 min
- 19:32 into the third periodJeff Greenlaw · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 16Marc HabscheidC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Ron WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 28Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 32 | 8 | .750 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 4 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jeff GreenlawL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |