Hartford Whalers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1986 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at Met Center. The Whalers outshot the North Stars 34–29.
Goals came from Brian MacLellan, Keith Acton, Neal Broten, Dirk Graham, Bob Brooke, Dave Semenko and Stew Gavin.
Kari Takko made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Brian MacLellan (14)Dirk Graham (13), Keith Acton (19)0–110:36 MNS ·
2nd period
Keith Acton (6)Brian MacLellan (13)0–211:48 MNS
Neal Broten (9)Kent Nilsson (24), Dino Ciccarelli (26)0–318:13 MNS
3rd period
Dirk Graham (17)Craig Hartsburg (27), Brian MacLellan (14)0–403:02 MNS · 
Bob Brooke (5)Brian Lawton (9), Neal Broten (13)0–512:26 MNS · 
Dave Semenko (3)Dave Barr (3), Ron Francis (28)1–516:29 HFD
Stew Gavin (11)Ray Ferraro (12), John Anderson (18)2–518:49 HFD
Team stats
HFDMNS
3429
0%0%
0/33/5
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:20 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · holding2 min - 8:39 into the first period
Paul Macdermid · roughing2 min - 2:20 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · hooking2 min
- 6:17 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · holding2 min
- 12:05 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · holding2 min
- 14:12 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodPaul Lawless · hooking2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodNeal Broten · slashing2 min
- 1:11 into the third periodDave Semenko · interference2 min
- 11:32 into the third periodDana Murzyn · slashing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Dave BarrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Paul HouckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Christopher PryorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |