Minnesota North Stars vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1987 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4 on Wednesday, December 30, 1987 at Chicago Stadium. The North Stars outshot the Blackhawks 31-30.
Troy Murray scored twice and Brian Bellows scored a hat trick. Brian Noonan, Dennis Maruk, Keith Acton, Dino Ciccarelli and Rik Wilson also scored.
Kari Takko made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Darren Pang stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Troy Murray (9)Steve Larmer (21), Rik Wilson (4)0–103:25 CHI · PPG
Brian Bellows (24)Dennis Maruk (2), Dino Ciccarelli (26)1–109:11 MNS · PPG
Brian Noonan (6)Denis Savard (49), Steve Larmer (22)1–213:19 CHI · PPG- Troy Murray (10)Unassisted1–317:46 CHI · PPG
2nd period
Dennis Maruk (1)Brian Bellows (16), Dino Ciccarelli (27)2–308:20 MNS
3rd period
- Brian Bellows (25)Brian Lawton (16), Emanuel Viveiros (3)3–312:15 MNS · PPG
Keith Acton (8)Terry Ruskowski (7), Frantisek Musil (4)4–313:39 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (24)Unassisted5–318:45 MNS · EN
Rik Wilson (3)Gary Nylund (7), David Mackey (3)5–419:01 CHI- Brian Bellows (26)Dino Ciccarelli (28)6–419:35 MNS · EN
Team stats
MNSCHI
31Shots on goal30
0%Faceoff %0%
2/9Power play3/5
22Penalty minutes30
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:04
Curt Giles · roughing2 min - 1st 02:58Gordie Roberts · slashing2 min
- 1st 07:34
Everett Sanipass · slashing2 min - 1st 09:15Glen Cochrane · fighting5 min
- 1st 09:15Basil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 1st 12:14Curt Giles · interference2 min
- 1st 14:32Steve Ludzik · hooking2 min
- 1st 15:02Gary Nylund · high sticking2 min
- 1st 18:03Denis Savard · tripping2 min
- 2nd 01:25Troy Murray · holding2 min
- 2nd 04:37Gordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 2nd 05:57Steve Thomas · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:31Gary Nylund · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 17:27Frantisek Musil · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:37David Mackey · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:58Glen Cochrane · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:58Curt Fraser · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:58Curt Fraser · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:58Basil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:58Richard Zemlak · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Emanuel ViveirosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | W | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 60:00 |
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Troy MurrayC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 44Rik WilsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Brian NoonanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 26David MackeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary NylundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Everett SanipassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 15Mark LavarreR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 5Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jim PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 40Darren PangG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 |