Minnesota North Stars vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Friday, December 18, 1987 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Minnesota North Stars 8–3 on Friday, December 18, 1987 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 30–22.
Brian Bellows scored twice and Gerard Gallant scored a hat trick. Dave Barr, Steve Yzerman, Dirk Graham, Bob Probert, Tim Higgins and Mike O'connell also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (21)Dino Ciccarelli (21), Gordie Roberts (9)1–004:31 MNS
Dave Barr (2)Doug Halward (14), John Chabot (12)1–110:49 DET · 
Steve Yzerman (23)Bob Probert (17), Gerard Gallant (19)1–213:23 DET
Dirk Graham (5)Brian Bellows (12), Dino Ciccarelli (22)2–215:52 MNS ·
2nd period
Gerard Gallant (12)John Chabot (13)2–307:05 DET- Brian Bellows (22)Dino Ciccarelli (23), Neal Broten (18)3–308:12 MNS ·
3rd period
Bob Probert (14)Steve Yzerman (26), Darren Veitch (18)3–403:09 DET · 
Tim Higgins (4)Shawn Burr (7)3–507:08 DET
Mike O'connell (3)Lee Norwood (2), Steve Yzerman (27)3–610:27 DET- Gerard Gallant (13)Unassisted3–711:19 DET
- Gerard Gallant (14)Bob Probert (18), Steve Yzerman (28)3–816:15 DET
Team stats
MNSDET
2230
0%0%
2/62/6
8666
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:56 into the first period
Bob Probert · high sticking2 min - 1:56 into the first period
Allan Tuer · high sticking2 min - 10:31 into the first periodBrian Lawton · tripping2 min
- 12:21 into the first periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
- 12:21 into the first periodAllan Tuer · roughing2 min
- 15:05 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · holding2 min
- 16:41 into the first periodKeith Acton · holding2 min
- 19:17 into the first periodDave Barr · cross checking2 min
- 4:05 into the second periodDirk Graham · tripping2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodShawn Burr · hooking2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodLee Norwood · roughing2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodLee Norwood · roughing2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodBrian Bellows · roughing2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodJoey Kocur · misconduct10 min
- 10:50 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · misconduct10 min
- 10:50 into the second periodKeith Acton · misconduct10 min
- 10:50 into the second periodRichard Zemlak · misconduct10 min
- 10:50 into the second periodRichard Zemlak · game misconduct10 min
- 11:10 into the second periodBrian Lawton · hooking2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodGilbert Delorme · holding2 min
- 2:13 into the third periodBrian MacLellan · hooking2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodLee Norwood · fighting5 min
- 3:48 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 5:56 into the third periodJohn Chabot · roughing2 min
- 5:56 into the third periodAllan Tuer · roughing2 min
- 9:14 into the third periodDave Barr · fighting5 min
- 9:14 into the third periodLarry Depalma · fighting5 min
- 16:33 into the third periodTim Higgins · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodTim Higgins · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodTim Higgins · misconduct10 min
- 16:33 into the third periodPat Price · hooking2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodPat Price · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodPat Price · misconduct10 min
- 16:48 into the third periodAllan Tuer · roughing2 min
- 17:23 into the third periodBob Probert · roughing2 min
- 17:23 into the third periodSteve Yzerman · tripping2 min
- 17:23 into the third periodKeith Acton · game misconduct10 min
- 17:23 into the third periodBob Brooke · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Allan TuerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |
| 30Jon CaseyG | 4 | 1 | .750 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 17Gerard GallantL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16John ChabotC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Doug HalwardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Murray EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – |