Edmonton Oilers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Tuesday, December 9, 1986 · Met Center
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota North Stars 3-2 on Tuesday, December 9, 1986 at Met Center. The Oilers outshot the North Stars 26-25.
Goals came from Jari Kurri, Brian MacLellan, Wayne Gretzky, Dirk Graham and Craig MacTavish.
Grant Fuhr made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (14)Wayne Gretzky (43)1–014:30 EDM · PPG
2nd period
Brian MacLellan (9)Craig Hartsburg (22), Dino Ciccarelli (20)1–102:51 MNS · PPG
Wayne Gretzky (24)Esa Tikkanen (10), Randy Gregg (4)2–114:01 EDM · PPG
Dirk Graham (12)Keith Acton (15)2–216:45 MNS
3rd period
Craig MacTavish (8)Unassisted3–200:53 EDM · SHG
Team stats
EDMMNS
26Shots on goal25
0%Faceoff %0%
2/5Power play1/7
14Penalty minutes10
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:56
Frantisek Musil · tripping2 min - 1st 06:52
Craig Muni · holding2 min - 1st 13:59Brian Lawton · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 01:15Mark Messier · hooking2 min
- 2nd 12:53Bob Brooke · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:55Randy Gregg · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 19:33Dave Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 01:40Willi Plett · roughing2 min
- 3rd 03:05Randy Gregg · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:31Wayne Gretzky · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:26Frantisek Musil · broken stick2 min
- 3rd 17:49Glenn Anderson · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 10 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 36Christopher PryorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:13 |