Minnesota North Stars vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, December 8, 1987 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Tuesday, December 8, 1987 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the North Stars 31–21.
Goals came from Neal Broten, Brian Bellows, Steve Tambellini, Scott Bjugstad and Ian Kidd.
Kari Takko made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Neal Broten (6)Dino Ciccarelli (19), Curt Giles (4)1–008:26 MNS
Brian Bellows (19)Brian Lawton (15), Brian MacLellan (8)2–011:49 MNS ·
2nd period
Steve Tambellini (8)Doug Lidster (13), Stan Smyl (15)2–103:40 VAN · 
Scott Bjugstad (10)Unassisted3–113:26 MNS
Ian Kidd (1)Petri Skriko (11), Stan Smyl (16)3–215:59 VAN ·
Team stats
MNSVAN
2131
0%0%
1/52/7
2521
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:26 into the first period
Bob Rouse · hooking2 min - 11:04 into the first period
Petri Skriko · hooking2 min - 11:12 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 11:12 into the first periodGarth Butcher · fighting5 min
- 12:19 into the first periodFrantisek Musil · tripping2 min
- 2:49 into the second periodScott Bjugstad · hooking2 min
- 4:32 into the second periodDoug Wickenheiser · holding2 min
- 7:45 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · holding2 min
- 14:02 into the second periodCurt Giles · interference2 min
- 17:06 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · high sticking double minor4 min
- 17:06 into the second periodRich Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 1:07 into the third periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 6:12 into the third periodBrian Lawton · slashing2 min
- 6:12 into the third periodRandy Boyd · holding2 min
- 6:34 into the third periodCurt Giles · holding2 min
- 7:36 into the third periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodJeff Rohlicek · holding2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodBrian Lawton · roughing2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodRandy Boyd · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Ian KiddD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jeff RohlicekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Jim AgnewD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – |