🍁 Away Maple Leafs 14-13-5 before this game

4–3

Final / OT

🌌 Home North Stars 16-15-1 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
TOR	0	1	2	1	4
MNS	1	1	1	0	3

Maple Leafs at North Stars

Maple Leafs beat North Stars 4–3 in overtime on December 23, 1986.

🗓 Tue, Dec 23, 1986 · 19:30 CST 🏒 1986-87 🔁 North Stars lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌌 MNS

Dirk Graham

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · +1

2nd star 🍁 TOR

Rick Vaive

1 G, 1 A

5 shots

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Steve Thomas

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🌌 Ron Wilson PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:31

Assists: Bob Brooke, Dirk Graham

0–1

2nd period

🌌 Dirk Graham 2nd · 05:56

Assists: Keith Acton

0–2

🍁 Brad Smith 2nd · 19:49

Assists: Mike Allison, Greg Terrion

1–2

3rd period

🌌 Brian Lawton 3rd · 09:54

Assists: Keith Acton, Dirk Graham

1–3

🍁 Russ Courtnall 3rd · 12:36

Assists: Gary Leeman

2–3

🍁 Steve Thomas Tying 3rd · 16:40

Assists: Rick Vaive, Vincent Damphousse

3–3

Overtime

🍁 Rick Vaive Go-ahead OT · 04:02

Assists: Steve Thomas

4–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR MNS🌌

29 Shots on goal 34

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

17 Penalty minutes 15

TOR shooting 13.8% (4/29) MNS shooting 8.8% (3/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Allan Bester

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 25:56 TOI

Ken Wregget

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 38:06 TOI

🌌North Stars

Kari Takko

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 64:02 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

North Stars

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

After 2nd — 1–2

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

North Stars

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

⚔️ Last meetings

North Stars lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →

Dec 18, 1986

🌌MNS @ 🍁TOR

6–5 (OT) · North Stars won

Nov 29, 1986

🌌MNS @ 🍁TOR

7–2 · North Stars won

Nov 28, 1986

🍁TOR @ 🌌MNS

3–6 · North Stars won

Nov 6, 1986

🍁TOR @ 🌌MNS

1–4 · North Stars won

Mar 26, 1986

🌌MNS @ 🍁TOR

6–1 · North Stars won

❓ TOR vs MNS, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs North Stars on December 23, 1986?

Maple Leafs won 4–3 in overtime.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs North Stars?

The final score was Maple Leafs 4, North Stars 3, in overtime.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Brad Smith, Rick Vaive, Russ Courtnall, Steve Thomas.

Who scored for North Stars?

Brian Lawton, Dirk Graham, Ron Wilson.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Allan Bester made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the North Stars goalie play?

Kari Takko made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Maple Leafs vs North Stars season series?

North Stars lead the season series 4–1 after 5 games.

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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Dec 20

🌌North Stars

Previous game · Dec 20

Also on December 23, 1986

Maple Leafs season page North Stars season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule