Minnesota North Stars vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, December 2, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 on Tuesday, December 2, 1986 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the North Stars 39–31.
Kent Nilsson scored twice. Dave Andreychuk, Willi Plett, Frantisek Musil, Wilf Paiement, Phil Housley, Christian Ruuttu and Gordie Roberts also scored.
Don Beaupre made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Andreychuk (8)Mike Foligno (5), John Tucker (19)0–102:40 BUF
Kent Nilsson (5)Dennis Maruk (13), Craig Hartsburg (19)1–108:24 MNS · 
Willi Plett (3)Keith Acton (12)2–112:03 MNS
Frantisek Musil (2)Dino Ciccarelli (16), Kent Nilsson (14)3–112:50 MNS
2nd period
Wilf Paiement (14)Phil Housley (12), Mike Ramsey (5)3–205:26 BUF · 
Phil Housley (6)Tom Kurvers (2)3–308:22 BUF · - Kent Nilsson (6)Ron Wilson (14), Keith Acton (13)4–313:47 MNS ·
Christian Ruuttu (4)Normand Lacombe (3), Tom Kurvers (3)4–415:32 BUF
3rd period
Gordie Roberts (1)Kent Nilsson (15), Dennis Maruk (14)5–409:31 MNS
Team stats
MNSBUF
3139
0%0%
2/42/7
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:36 into the first period
Willi Plett · holding2 min - 8:08 into the first period
Doug Smith · interference2 min - 13:21 into the first periodKeith Acton · holding2 min
- 0:59 into the second periodJohn Tucker · slashing2 min
- 3:44 into the second periodBob Brooke · boarding2 min
- 6:02 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · hooking2 min
- 6:41 into the second periodBob Rouse · slashing2 min
- 7:15 into the second periodKeith Acton · high sticking2 min
- 12:59 into the second periodGaetano Orlando · high sticking2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodPaul Cyr · tripping2 min
- 16:27 into the third periodSteve Payne · interference2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Kent NilssonC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Ron WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 35Michael SandsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 32Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8David FenyvesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |