5–3

Final

🌌 Home North Stars 1-1-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	1	3	1	5
MNS	3	0	0	3

Bruins at North Stars

Bruins beat North Stars 5–3 on October 16, 1986.

🗓 Thu, Oct 16, 1986 · 19:30 CDT 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Rick Middleton

1 G, 1 A

4 shots

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Keith Crowder

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · +1

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Geoff Courtnall

2 A

4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Keith Crowder PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:05

Assists: Geoff Courtnall, Thomas Gradin

1–0

🌌 Brian Bellows Tying 1st · 04:35

Assists: Kent Nilsson

1–1

🌌 Dino Ciccarelli PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:06

Assists: Neal Broten, Brian MacLellan

1–2

🌌 Dino Ciccarelli 1st · 09:10

Assists: Frantisek Musil, Kent Nilsson

1–3

2nd period

🐻 Greg Johnston 2nd · 01:13

Assists: Keith Crowder

2–3

🐻 Cam Neely Tying 2nd · 10:21

Assists: Geoff Courtnall, Thomas Gradin

3–3

🐻 Mike Milbury Go-ahead 2nd · 11:49

Assists: Rick Middleton, Steve Kasper

4–3

3rd period

🐻 Rick Middleton SH 3rd · 03:41

Assists: Randy Burridge, Michael Thelven

5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS MNS🌌

27 Shots on goal 30

1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

12 Penalty minutes 19

BOS shooting 18.5% (5/27) MNS shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Pat Riggin

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🌌North Stars

Don Beaupre

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–3

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

North Stars

North Stars: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–3

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

North Stars

North Stars: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ BOS vs MNS, answered

Who won Bruins vs North Stars on October 16, 1986?

Bruins won 5–3.

What was the final score of Bruins vs North Stars?

The final score was Bruins 5, North Stars 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Cam Neely, Greg Johnston, Keith Crowder, Mike Milbury, Rick Middleton.

Who scored for North Stars?

Dino Ciccarelli (2), Brian Bellows.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Pat Riggin made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the North Stars goalie play?

Don Beaupre made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Bruins vs North Stars season series?

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Oct 14

🌌North Stars

Previous game · Oct 13

Also on October 16, 1986

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