Minnesota North Stars vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, October 27, 1987 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 5–3 on Tuesday, October 27, 1987 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the North Stars 30–26.
Keith Acton scored twice and Brian Lawton scored twice. Rick Meagher, Todd Ewen, Bernie Federko and Brian Bellows also scored.
Kari Takko made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Meagher (4)Herb Raglan (1), Rob Ramage (5)0–101:13 STL
Keith Acton (1)Basil Mcrae (1), Terry Ruskowski (3)1–104:35 MNS
Todd Ewen (1)Tony McKegney (3)1–205:55 STL
Brian Lawton (1)Dirk Graham (1), Gordie Roberts (3)2–216:24 MNS ·
2nd period
- Brian Lawton (2)Scott Bjugstad (7), Dirk Graham (2)3–206:52 MNS
3rd period
Bernie Federko (2)Mark Hunter (4), Doug Gilmour (6)3–310:04 STL · 
Brian Bellows (8)Neal Broten (4), Dino Ciccarelli (8)4–310:29 MNS- Keith Acton (2)Basil Mcrae (2), Craig Hartsburg (8)5–319:24 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSSTL
2630
0%0%
1/31/5
2622
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:59 into the first period
Basil Mcrae · fighting5 min - 5:59 into the first period
Todd Ewen · fighting5 min - 7:47 into the first periodBrian Sutter · hooking2 min
- 11:34 into the first periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 15:36 into the first periodBill Root · interference2 min
- 3:26 into the second periodBrian Lawton · slashing2 min
- 3:26 into the second periodBrian Sutter · holding2 min
- 4:09 into the second periodRichard Zemlak · fighting5 min
- 4:09 into the second periodTodd Ewen · fighting5 min
- 7:39 into the second periodRon Wilson · interference2 min
- 14:49 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · holding2 min
- 18:15 into the second periodNeal Broten · tripping2 min
- 2:48 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · delaying game2 min
- 2:48 into the third periodTodd Ewen · delaying game2 min
- 6:39 into the third periodBrian Benning · slashing2 min
- 8:51 into the third periodKari Takko · delaying game2 min
- 12:00 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 12:00 into the third periodBrian Benning · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Brian LawtonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Todd EwenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 27Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |