Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1987 · Met Center
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars 7-3 on Saturday, March 7, 1987 at Met Center. The Penguins outshot the North Stars 36-30.
Mario Lemieux scored twice, Dave Hannan scored twice and Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Troy Loney, Dirk Graham, Randy Cunneyworth and Dan Quinn also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 7 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (44)Randy Cunneyworth (18)1–000:49 PIT
Troy Loney (3)Dan Quinn (38), Mitch Wilson (1)2–001:33 PIT
Dirk Graham (23)Craig Hartsburg (43), Bob Brooke (22)2–106:38 MNS · PPG
Randy Cunneyworth (25)Doug Bodger (31), Moe Mantha (30)3–109:13 PIT · PPG
Dave Hannan (9)Bob Errey (16), Dan Quinn (39)4–110:09 PIT
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (49)Brian MacLellan (24), Dennis Maruk (26)4–200:23 MNS- Mario Lemieux (45)Ville Siren (17), Rod Buskas (12)5–202:24 PIT · PPG
Dan Quinn (24)Randy Cunneyworth (19)6–204:15 PIT · SHG- Dave Hannan (10)Chris Kontos (6)7–215:16 PIT
3rd period
- Dino Ciccarelli (50)Gordie Roberts (8)7–309:37 MNS
Team stats
PITMNS
36Shots on goal30
0%Faceoff %0%
2/4Power play1/4
58Penalty minutes73
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:07
Brad Maxwell · roughing double minor4 min - 1st 03:07
Bob Errey · roughing double minor4 min - 1st 04:57Willy Lindstrom · holding2 min
- 1st 07:21Brian Lawton · slashing2 min
- 1st 12:08Larry Depalma · high sticking2 min
- 1st 12:08Larry Depalma · fighting5 min
- 1st 12:08Larry Depalma · misconduct10 min
- 1st 12:08Larry Depalma · game misconduct10 min
- 1st 12:08Willi Plett · high sticking2 min
- 1st 12:08Willi Plett · fighting5 min
- 1st 12:08Willi Plett · game misconduct10 min
- 1st 12:08Willi Plett · game misconduct10 min
- 1st 12:08Randy Hillier · fighting5 min
- 1st 12:08Randy Hillier · game misconduct10 min
- 1st 12:08Dan Frawley · slashing2 min
- 1st 12:08Dan Frawley · fighting5 min
- 1st 12:08Dan Frawley · game misconduct10 min
- 1st 15:03Rod Buskas · slashing2 min
- 1st 15:49Terry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 00:43Frantisek Musil · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:19Jim Johnson · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:09Mitch Wilson · high sticking5 min
- 2nd 10:32Dino Ciccarelli · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:49Bob Brooke · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:49Troy Loney · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:48Dino Ciccarelli · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 13:48Jim Johnson · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 06:37Frantisek Musil · fighting5 min
- 3rd 06:37Mitch Wilson · fighting5 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Mitch WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 60:00 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 11Sean ToomeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 49:51 | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 10:09 |