Minnesota North Stars vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1987 · Winnipeg Arena
MinnesotaNorth StarsNow the Dallas StarsAway
4–5
Final, in overtime44–36
WinnipegJetsNow the Winnipeg JetsHome
Game summary
The Winnipeg Jets beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–4 in overtime on Saturday, December 26, 1987 at Winnipeg Arena. The North Stars outshot the Jets 44–36.
Laurie Boschman scored twice. Dale Hawerchuk, Paul MacLean, Basil Mcrae, Dirk Graham, Neal Broten, Randy Carlyle and Dino Ciccarelli also scored.
Daniel Berthiaume made 40 saves on 44 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Hawerchuk (19)Dave Ellett (29), Randy Carlyle (16)0–104:51 WIN · 
Paul MacLean (15)Dale Hawerchuk (35), Randy Carlyle (17)0–207:42 WIN · 
Basil Mcrae (2)Keith Acton (8), Richard Zemlak (3)1–212:22 MNS
Dirk Graham (6)Brian MacLellan (10), Bob Brooke (8)2–218:59 MNS ·
2nd period
Neal Broten (8)Curt Giles (6), Dirk Graham (4)3–205:14 MNS ·
3rd period
Randy Carlyle (6)Paul MacLean (20), Iain Duncan (8)3–301:13 WIN
Laurie Boschman (12)Peter Taglianetti (9), Thomas Steen (15)3–403:34 WIN · 
Dino Ciccarelli (22)Brian Bellows (15), Bob Rouse (5)4–406:02 MNS
Overtime
- Laurie Boschman (13)Unassisted4–503:09 WIN
Team stats
MNSWIN
4436
0%0%
2/63/5
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:59 into the first periodLaurie Boschman · holding2 min
- 2:06 into the first periodBrian Bellows · holding2 min
- 5:31 into the first periodRichard Zemlak · tripping2 min
- 7:35 into the first periodKeith Acton · holding2 min
- 9:58 into the first periodRon Wilson · holding2 min
- 18:12 into the first periodThomas Steen · hooking2 min
- 0:54 into the second periodPeter Taglianetti · tripping2 min
- 3:18 into the second periodJim Kyte · tripping2 min
- 1:51 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · high sticking2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodMario Marois · roughing2 min
- 14:22 into the third periodLaurie Boschman · roughing2 min
- 1:13 into overtimeJon Casey · slashing2 min
- 2:34 into overtimeRandy Carlyle · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 5Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 31George ServinisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Emanuel ViveirosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
Winnipeg Jets
| 8Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 15Paul MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Laurie BoschmanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Thomas SteenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 36Iain DuncanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Dave EllettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Doug SmailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Steve RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Andrew McbainR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Hannu JarvenpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim KyteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Brad BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Daniel BerthiaumeG | W | 44 | 4 | .909 |
| 33Eldon ReddickG | 0 | 0 | – |