New York Rangers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, March 30, 1987 · Met Center
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–5 on Monday, March 30, 1987 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Rangers 34–33.
George McPhee scored twice. Brad Maxwell, Walt Poddubny, Dino Ciccarelli, Larry Melnyk, Brian Bellows, Jeff Jackson, Brian Lawton, Larry Depalma and Marcel Dionne also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 29 saves on 34 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
George McPhee (3)Lucien DeBlois (7), Terry Carkner (13)1–007:43 NYR
Brad Maxwell (3)Dino Ciccarelli (49), Brian MacLellan (31)1–108:22 MNS
Walt Poddubny (40)Tomas Sandstrom (34), Marcel Dionne (54)2–118:57 NYR ·
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (52)Craig Hartsburg (49), Steve Payne (6)2–211:36 MNS
Larry Melnyk (3)Walt Poddubny (47)3–212:48 NYR
Brian Bellows (25)Craig Hartsburg (50), Paul Boutilier (10)3–316:12 MNS ·
3rd period
Jeff Jackson (12)Marcel Dionne (55)4–300:16 NYR
Brian Lawton (21)Dino Ciccarelli (50), Mark Pavelich (5)4–404:22 MNS
Larry Depalma (9)Keith Acton (28), Dirk Graham (29)4–508:47 MNS
Marcel Dionne (28)Ron Greschner (34)5–510:43 NYR- George McPhee (4)Jay Caufield (1), Larry Melnyk (11)6–511:00 NYR
Team stats
NYRMNS
3334
0%0%
1/31/6
1912
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:57 into the first period
Larry Depalma · roughing2 min - 6:57 into the first period
Larry Melnyk · roughing2 min - 17:28 into the first periodBrian Lawton · slashing2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodJeff Jackson · cross checking2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · roughing2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodJay Caufield · fighting5 min
- 15:15 into the second periodTerry Carkner · tripping2 min
- 3:27 into the third periodKeith Acton · delaying game2 min
- 3:27 into the third periodGeorge McPhee · delaying game2 min
- 5:13 into the third periodTony McKegney · tripping2 min
- 11:40 into the third periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 13:33 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · holding2 min
- 15:01 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jeff JacksonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 34 | 5 | .853 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 55Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Christopher PryorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |