Minnesota North Stars vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 1986 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 in overtime on Thursday, December 18, 1986 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The North Stars outshot the Maple Leafs 33–32.
Gary Leeman scored twice. Brian Bellows, Russ Courtnall, Dino Ciccarelli, Tom Fergus, Dirk Graham, Brian Lawton, Willi Plett, Wendel Clark and Neal Broten also scored.
Kari Takko made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Ken Wregget stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (7)Gordie Roberts (1)1–002:43 MNS · 
Russ Courtnall (13)Unassisted1–111:34 TOR
2nd period
Gary Leeman (8)Unassisted1–200:16 TOR
Dino Ciccarelli (30)Brian Lawton (8), Craig Hartsburg (25)2–205:47 MNS
Tom Fergus (14)Steve Thomas (7), Rick Vaive (10)2–308:20 TOR
Dirk Graham (14)Dennis Maruk (19), Christopher Pryor (1)3–315:59 MNS · 
Brian Lawton (7)Ron Wilson (22), Dennis Maruk (20)4–318:05 MNS
3rd period
Willi Plett (5)Larry Depalma (2)5–306:56 MNS- Gary Leeman (9)Wendel Clark (6), Russ Courtnall (18)5–409:10 TOR
Wendel Clark (18)Todd Gill (13)5–511:47 TOR ·
Overtime
Neal Broten (4)Brian MacLellan (12), Brian Bellows (6)6–502:10 MNS
Team stats
MNSTOR
3332
0%0%
0/31/6
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:45 into the first period
Dennis Maruk · hooking2 min - 14:14 into the first periodBob Brooke · interference2 min
- 15:03 into the first period
Tom Fergus · slashing2 min - 15:03 into the first periodTom Fergus · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:51 into the second periodRon Wilson · holding2 min
- 9:21 into the second periodBob Mcgill · high sticking2 min
- 14:33 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodDirk Graham · hooking2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 10:16 into the third periodRick Vaive · high sticking2 min
- 1:36 into overtimeKeith Acton · roughing2 min
- 1:36 into overtimeTom Fergus · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 8Brian LawtonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Ron WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 36Christopher PryorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | W | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 12Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27Miroslav IhnacakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 15Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |