Toronto Maple Leafs vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1986 · Met Center
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, December 23, 1986 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Maple Leafs 34–29.
Goals came from Ron Wilson, Dirk Graham, Brad Smith, Brian Lawton, Russ Courtnall, Steve Thomas and Rick Vaive.
Ken Wregget made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Wilson (6)Bob Brooke (12), Dirk Graham (10)0–117:31 MNS ·
2nd period
Dirk Graham (15)Keith Acton (17)0–205:56 MNS
Brad Smith (2)Mike Allison (11), Greg Terrion (4)1–219:49 TOR
3rd period
Brian Lawton (8)Keith Acton (18), Dirk Graham (11)1–309:54 MNS
Russ Courtnall (16)Gary Leeman (15)2–312:36 TOR
Steve Thomas (13)Rick Vaive (12), Vincent Damphousse (7)3–316:40 TOR
Overtime
Rick Vaive (8)Steve Thomas (8)4–304:02 TOR
Team stats
TORMNS
2934
0%0%
0/31/4
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:56 into the first period
Terry Johnson · holding2 min - 4:56 into the first periodTerry Johnson · slashing2 min
- 5:34 into the first periodMike Allison · penalty shot0 min
- 11:54 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · hooking2 min - 17:00 into the first periodBorje Salming · tripping2 min
- 0:52 into the second periodWilli Plett · delaying game2 min
- 0:52 into the second periodBob Mcgill · delaying game2 min
- 7:41 into the second periodBrian Lawton · hooking2 min
- 8:11 into the second periodRick Lanz · slashing2 min
- 13:28 into the second periodChristopher Pryor · hooking2 min
- 17:24 into the second periodWilli Plett · instigator2 min
- 17:24 into the second periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 17:24 into the second periodWendel Clark · slashing2 min
- 17:24 into the second periodWendel Clark · fighting5 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Miroslav IhnacakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | 17 | 2 | .882 | |
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Ron WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 36Christopher PryorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |