New York Islanders vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, November 15, 1986 · Met Center
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota North Stars 7–3 on Saturday, November 15, 1986 at Met Center. The Islanders outshot the North Stars 35–32.
Mike Bossy scored twice. Duane Sutter, Marc Habscheid, Brian MacLellan, Pat LaFontaine, Brent Sutter, Greg Gilbert, Kent Nilsson and Denis Potvin also scored.
Billy Smith made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Michael Sands stopped 28 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Duane Sutter (4)Mike Bossy (7), Bryan Trottier (13)1–000:10 NYI
Mike Bossy (8)Pat LaFontaine (9), Bryan Trottier (14)2–009:09 NYI · 
Marc Habscheid (2)Dirk Graham (4)2–111:25 MNS
Brian MacLellan (6)Brian Bellows (5), Jari Gronstrand (2)2–217:08 MNS
3rd period
Pat LaFontaine (9)Denis Potvin (15), Tomas Jonsson (7)3–200:45 NYI · 
Brent Sutter (11)Brian Curran (4), Patrick Flatley (8)4–201:35 NYI
Greg Gilbert (1)Unassisted5–210:31 NYI
Kent Nilsson (3)Ron Wilson (10)5–314:16 MNS · 
Denis Potvin (4)Brad Lauer (4), Mike Bossy (8)6–316:32 NYI · - Mike Bossy (9)Bryan Trottier (15)7–318:38 NYI
Team stats
NYIMNS
3532
0%0%
3/41/5
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:55 into the first period
Duane Sutter · holding2 min - 7:38 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · tripping2 min - 17:37 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · hooking2 min
- 0:46 into the second periodMike Bossy · tripping2 min
- 9:26 into the second periodKen Morrow · hooking2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodKeith Acton · roughing2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodScott Bjugstad · fighting5 min
- 13:17 into the second periodBob Bassen · fighting5 min
- 13:17 into the second periodBrad Lauer · roughing2 min
- 15:26 into the second periodRon Wilson · hooking2 min
- 18:57 into the second periodJari Gronstrand · holding2 min
- 14:07 into the third periodGord Dineen · hooking2 min
- 15:06 into the third periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marc HabscheidC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 8 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Ron WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Michael SandsG | L | 35 | 7 | .800 |