The Buffalo Sabres couldn't pull it off against the Minnesota North Stars, 5 to 4, on December 2, 1986.

Final

North Stars

10-11-2

5

Sabres

5-16-3

4

Team

MNS

BUF

1

3

1

2

1

3

1

0

Total

5

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MNS

BUF

Dave Andreychuk (EV) assisted by Mike Foligno and John Tucker

0

1

Kent Nilsson (PP) assisted by Dennis Maruk and Craig Hartsburg

1

Willi Plett (EV) assisted by Keith Acton

2

1

Frantisek Musil (EV) assisted by Dino Ciccarelli and Kent Nilsson

3

1

2nd period

MNS

BUF

Wilf Paiement (PP) assisted by Phil Housley and Mike Ramsey

3

2

Phil Housley (PP) assisted by Tom Kurvers

3

Kent Nilsson (PP) assisted by Ron Wilson and Keith Acton

4

3

Christian Ruuttu (EV) assisted by Normand Lacombe and Tom Kurvers

4

3rd period

MNS

BUF

Gordie Roberts (EV) assisted by Kent Nilsson and Dennis Maruk

5

4

North Stars

Sabres

Goals

5

4

Shots

31

39

Penalty Minutes

14

8

Power-Play Goals

2

Power-Play Opportunities

4

7

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

North Stars

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Don Beaupre (W)		39	4	35	.897	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Keith Acton	0	2	0	4	2
Brian Bellows	0	0	-1	0	4
Bob Brooke	0	0	-1	2	2
Dino Ciccarelli	0	1	+2	0	1
Larry Depalma	0	0	+1	0	0
Dirk Graham	0	0	-1	0	0
Jari Gronstrand	0	0	+1	0	0
Craig Hartsburg	0	1	-1	0	2
Brian MacLellan	0	0	-1	0	3
Dennis Maruk	0	2	+1	0	3
Frantisek Musil	1	0	+1	2	3
Kent Nilsson	2	2	+2	0	2
Steve Payne	0	0	0	2	2
Willi Plett	1	0	+1	2	3
Gordie Roberts	1	0	+1	0	1
Bob Rouse	0	0	0	2	1
Ron Wilson	0	1	0	0	2

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Jacques Cloutier (L)		31	5	26	.839	59:15

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Dave Andreychuk	1	0	+1	0	4
Scott Arniel	0	0	-1	0	0
Paul Cyr	0	0	0	2	0
David Fenyves	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Foligno	0	1	+1	0	2
Bill Hajt	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Housley	1	1	-1	0	4
Jim Korn	0	0	-1	0	0
Uwe Krupp	0	0	0	0	2
Tom Kurvers	0	2	0	0	2
Normand Lacombe	0	1	+1	0	1
Gaetano Orlando	0	0	-2	2	1
Wilf Paiement	1	0	-1	0	5
Mike Ramsey	0	1	-1	0	2
Lindy Ruff	0	0	-2	0	6
Christian Ruuttu	1	0	+1	0	3
Doug Smith	0	0	0	2	0
John Tucker	0	1	0	2	5