Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, March 14, 1987 · Met Center
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 on Saturday, March 14, 1987 at Met Center. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 34–18.
Goals came from Dennis Maruk, Brian Bellows, Brian MacLellan, Brent Ashton, Steve Yzerman, Adam Oates and Dave Barr.
Greg Stefan made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Dennis Maruk (15)Dino Ciccarelli (41)0–102:38 MNS
Brian Bellows (22)Unassisted0–204:35 MNS
Brian MacLellan (27)Brian Bellows (26)0–319:02 MNS
2nd period
Brent Ashton (36)Tim Higgins (13), Shawn Burr (22)1–302:46 DET
Steve Yzerman (30)Darren Veitch (42)2–307:46 DET · 
Adam Oates (14)Petr Klima (18), Mike O'connell (25)3–318:42 DET ·
3rd period
Dave Barr (13)Gerard Gallant (34), Steve Chiasson (4)4–308:49 DET
Team stats
DETMNS
3418
0%0%
2/30/3
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:06 into the first period
Joey Kocur · roughing2 min - 4:06 into the first period
Paul Boutilier · roughing2 min - 5:55 into the first periodDave Barr · holding2 min
- 9:16 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:11 into the first periodSteve Yzerman · holding2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodWilli Plett · elbowing2 min
- 17:21 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 11:32 into the third periodSteve Chiasson · cross checking2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodTim Higgins · high sticking2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · high sticking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |