Minnesota North Stars vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, January 5, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Scoring
1st period
Brad Lauer (5)Pat LaFontaine (23), Kelly Hrudey (1)0–118:54 NYI
2nd period
Terry Ruskowski (3)Basil Mcrae (5)1–108:09 MNS
Mikko Makela (20)Bryan Trottier (28)1–208:50 NYI
Dave Archibald (10)Craig Hartsburg (15), Brian Bellows (18)2–212:22 MNS · 
Dino Ciccarelli (26)Unassisted3–219:58 MNS
3rd period
Pat LaFontaine (27)Dale Henry (3), Tomas Jonsson (26)3–312:29 NYI ·
Team stats
MNSNYI
4142
0%0%
1/61/6
2121
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:39 into the first period
Frantisek Musil · fighting5 min - 0:39 into the first period
Alan Kerr · fighting5 min - 4:46 into the first periodBrent Sutter · holding2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodCurt Fraser · hooking2 min
- 0:55 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · cross checking2 min
- 4:41 into the second periodGord Dineen · interference2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodGerald Diduck · holding2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 1:00 into the third periodCurt Fraser · holding2 min
- 6:16 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · tripping2 min
- 12:22 into the third periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
- 13:21 into the third periodBob Bassen · interference2 min
- 17:51 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 17:51 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · high sticking2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
- 19:24 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · interference2 min
- 2:48 into overtimeGordie Roberts · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Tom HirschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | T | 42 | 3 | .929 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | T | 41 | 3 | .927 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |