New York Islanders vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Friday, December 5, 1986 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–3 on Friday, December 5, 1986 at Pacific Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canucks 30–29.
Mikko Makela scored twice. Patrick Flatley, Jim Sandlak, Patrik Sundstrom, Steve Tambellini and Denis Potvin also scored.
Billy Smith made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Frank Caprice stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Flatley (8)Brad Lauer (5), Brent Sutter (12)1–001:06 NYI
Mikko Makela (9)Brian Curran (5), Ken Morrow (5)2–011:17 NYI
2nd period
Jim Sandlak (5)Barry Pederson (17), Doug Lidster (13)2–103:11 VAN · 
Patrik Sundstrom (11)Tony Tanti (12), Moe Lemay (9)2–203:53 VAN- Mikko Makela (10)Brent Sutter (13), Brian Curran (6)3–204:58 NYI
3rd period
Steve Tambellini (5)Petri Skriko (12), Dan Hodgson (1)3–312:06 VAN · 
Denis Potvin (8)Mikko Makela (4), Patrick Flatley (13)4–315:20 NYI
Team stats
NYIVAN
3029
0%0%
0/32/7
1810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:56 into the first period
Patrik Sundstrom · interference2 min - 12:00 into the first period
Brian Curran · high sticking2 min - 12:00 into the first periodJim Sandlak · high sticking2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 2:34 into the second periodBrian Curran · tripping2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodBrian Curran · interference2 min
- 16:32 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · slashing2 min
- 17:18 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodGord Dineen · hooking2 min
- 11:09 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · hooking2 min
- 13:18 into the third periodTony Tanti · hooking2 min
- 14:51 into the third periodMike Bossy · roughing2 min
- 14:51 into the third periodJim Benning · roughing2 min
- 16:22 into the third periodSteve Konroyd · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Dan HodgsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Stu KulakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Jim AgnewD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 27Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Robin BartelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Frank CapriceG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |