Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 16, 1987 · Met Center
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Wednesday, December 16, 1987 at Met Center.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice and Rick Vaive scored twice. Mark Lavarre and Denis Savard also scored.
Darren Pang made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 34 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Lavarre (1)Curt Fraser (5)1–002:22 CHI
Dino Ciccarelli (18)Neal Broten (16)1–105:28 MNS
Rick Vaive (24)Dan Vincelette (6), Mike Stapleton (6)2–109:22 CHI
2nd period
- Dino Ciccarelli (19)Neal Broten (17), Ron Wilson (12)2–216:48 MNS
3rd period
Denis Savard (16)Unassisted3–212:06 CHI- Rick Vaive (25)Unassisted4–219:20 CHI ·
Team stats
CHIMNS
3838
0%0%
0/20/5
2721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:19 into the first period
Steve Ludzik · high sticking2 min - 6:19 into the first periodDavid Mackey · fighting5 min
- 6:19 into the first period
Allan Tuer · fighting5 min - 10:46 into the first periodDirk Graham · tripping2 min
- 11:34 into the first periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 13:58 into the first periodBehn Wilson · interference2 min
- 2:31 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · tripping2 min
- 7:02 into the second periodRik Wilson · tripping2 min
- 16:48 into the second periodBehn Wilson · fighting5 min
- 16:48 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 18:26 into the second periodMike Stapleton · roughing2 min
- 18:26 into the second periodGordie Roberts · roughing2 min
- 8:07 into the third periodDan Vincelette · hooking2 min
- 13:55 into the third periodDavid Mackey · fighting5 min
- 13:55 into the third periodDirk Graham · fighting5 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 27Rick VaiveR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Dan VinceletteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike StapletonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Mark LavarreR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 7Everett SanipassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26David MackeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jim PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Rik WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Darren PangG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2Ron WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Allan TuerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – |