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Tuesday, December 2, 1986 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

North Stars 5 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 88OVR Kent Nilsson Oilers First Star 2G · 2A · 2 SOG C 73OVR Dennis Maruk North Stars Second Star 2A · 3 SOG D 98OVR Phil Housley Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:40 Dave Andreychuk (8) Mike Foligno (5), John Tucker (19) MNS 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 8:24 Kent Nilsson (5) PPG Dennis Maruk (13), Craig Hartsburg (19) MNS 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 12:03 Willi Plett (3) Keith Acton (12) MNS 2 – 1 BUF
  4. 12:50 Frantisek Musil (2) Dino Ciccarelli (16), Kent Nilsson (14) MNS 3 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 5:26 Wilf Paiement (14) PPG Phil Housley (12), Mike Ramsey (5) MNS 3 – 2 BUF
  2. 8:22 Phil Housley (6) PPG Tom Kurvers (2) MNS 3 – 3 BUF
  3. 13:47 Kent Nilsson (6) PPG Ron Wilson (14), Keith Acton (13) MNS 4 – 3 BUF
  4. 15:32 Christian Ruuttu (4) Normand Lacombe (3), Tom Kurvers (3) MNS 4 – 4 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 9:31 Gordie Roberts (1) Kent Nilsson (15), Dennis Maruk (14) MNS 5 – 4 BUF

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Kent Nilsson C 2 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 3.20
Dennis Maruk C 0 2 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.63
Keith Acton C 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.10
Dino Ciccarelli R 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Willi Plett R 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Frantisek Musil D 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Gordie Roberts D 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Ron Wilson D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Craig Hartsburg D 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Brian Bellows L 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Larry Depalma C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Jari Gronstrand D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Brian MacLellan L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Brian Lawton C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Steve Payne L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bob Rouse D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Bob Brooke R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dirk Graham R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Don Beaupre W 39 35 4 .897 60:00 0.50

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Phil Housley D 1 1 4 0 0 -1 0:00 1.53
Tom Kurvers D 0 2 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.40
Dave Andreychuk L 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Christian Ruuttu C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Wilf Paiement R 1 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.98
Mike Foligno R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
John Tucker R 0 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Normand Lacombe R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mike Ramsey D 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 6 0 0 -2 0:00 0.15
Uwe Krupp D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
David Fenyves D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Bill Hajt D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Scott Arniel L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Doug Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Paul Cyr L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Jim Korn D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Gaetano Orlando C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Cloutier L 31 26 5 .839 59:15 -1.15