Minnesota North Stars vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 1987 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4 on Saturday, October 24, 1987 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The North Stars outshot the Maple Leafs 30–27.
Goals came from Neal Broten, Tom Fergus, Chris Kotsopoulos, Dirk Graham, Brian Bellows, Ron Wilson, Dave Semenko, Scott Bjugstad, Russ Courtnall, Dino Ciccarelli and Dave Archibald.
Don Beaupre made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Ken Wregget stopped 23 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Neal Broten (3)Ron Wilson (3), Dino Ciccarelli (7)1–005:41 MNS · 
Tom Fergus (3)Miroslav Frycer (8), Vincent Damphousse (3)1–108:02 TOR
Chris Kotsopoulos (1)Eddie Olczyk (5)1–208:56 TOR
Dirk Graham (1)Scott Bjugstad (5), Brian Lawton (2)2–211:19 MNS · 
Brian Bellows (7)Keith Acton (1), Gordie Roberts (2)3–215:54 MNS
2nd period
Ron Wilson (1)Brian Lawton (3), Scott Bjugstad (6)4–203:11 MNS
Dave Semenko (1)Mike Allison (1), Leigh Verstraete (1)4–304:06 TOR
Scott Bjugstad (3)Brian Lawton (4), Craig Hartsburg (7)5–304:43 MNS
Russ Courtnall (3)Dave Semenko (1)5–418:36 TOR ·
3rd period
Dino Ciccarelli (3)Ron Wilson (4)6–412:48 MNS · 
Dave Archibald (3)Keith Acton (2)7–419:05 MNS
Team stats
MNSTOR
3027
0%0%
3/51/4
3233
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:29 into the first period
Tom Fergus · holding2 min - 5:35 into the first periodMiroslav Frycer · hooking2 min
- 5:59 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · tripping2 min - 7:52 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 7:52 into the first periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 9:43 into the first periodPeter Ihnacak · high sticking2 min
- 19:13 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · holding2 min
- 17:07 into the second periodKeith Acton · holding2 min
- 4:22 into the third periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 4:22 into the third periodMike Allison · tripping2 min
- 12:33 into the third periodMiroslav Frycer · hooking2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodBob Brooke · roughing2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodDirk Graham · spearing5 min
- 13:38 into the third periodDirk Graham · game misconduct10 min
- 13:38 into the third periodTom Fergus · roughing2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodTom Fergus · misconduct10 min
- 13:38 into the third periodMiroslav Frycer · slashing2 min
- 16:39 into the third periodBob Brooke · fighting5 min
- 16:39 into the third periodLeigh Verstraete · instigator2 min
- 16:39 into the third periodLeigh Verstraete · fighting5 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Ron WilsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Leigh VerstraeteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ken WreggetG | L | 30 | 7 | .767 |