Minnesota North Stars vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 1986 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The North Stars outshot the Islanders 33–30.
Brent Sutter scored twice. Randy Boyd, Brian Bellows, Dino Ciccarelli and Patrick Flatley also scored.
Billy Smith made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Boyd (1)Patrick Flatley (17), Brent Sutter (16)0–103:23 NYI
Brent Sutter (14)Tomas Jonsson (13), Bryan Trottier (25)0–215:28 NYI · 
Brian Bellows (6)Unassisted1–219:50 MNS
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (29)Brian Lawton (7)2–215:15 MNS
3rd period
Patrick Flatley (10)Mikko Makela (6), Randy Boyd (3)2–313:24 NYI- Brent Sutter (15)Mikko Makela (7), Patrick Flatley (18)2–419:37 NYI ·
Team stats
MNSNYI
3330
0%0%
0/32/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:58 into the first period
Mikko Makela · holding2 min - 14:59 into the first period
Willi Plett · elbowing2 min - 5:58 into the second periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
- 9:40 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · holding2 min
- 0:57 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 3:58 into the third periodKen Morrow · holding2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodBrian MacLellan · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 36Christopher PryorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |