Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, February 17, 1988 · Met Center
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–4 on Wednesday, February 17, 1988 at Met Center. The Kings outshot the North Stars 43–41.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Phil Sykes, Craig Laughlin, Brian MacLellan, Dave Gagner, Mike Allison, Luc Robitaille and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Roland Melanson made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 38 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Phil Sykes (4)Bernie Nicholls (34)1–013:02 LAK
Craig Laughlin (7)Luc Robitaille (41), Bobby Carpenter (30)2–014:01 LAK
2nd period
Brian MacLellan (13)Dave Archibald (14), Frantisek Musil (6)2–102:04 MNS
Dave Gagner (3)Moe Mantha (16)2–212:56 MNS · 
Mike Allison (11)Jim Fox (26)3–216:19 LAK
Dino Ciccarelli (28)Dave Archibald (15), Frantisek Musil (7)3–317:50 MNS
3rd period
- Dino Ciccarelli (29)Bob Rouse (7), Moe Mantha (17)3–401:50 MNS
Luc Robitaille (37)Tom Laidlaw (8), Bernie Nicholls (35)4–416:24 LAK
Bobby Carpenter (17)Luc Robitaille (42), Craig Laughlin (7)5–417:17 LAK
Team stats
LAKMNS
4341
0%0%
0/60/7
2826
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00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:39 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · hooking2 min - 16:06 into the first periodBob Bourne · high sticking2 min
- 2:21 into the second periodMike Allison · tripping2 min
- 3:44 into the second periodSteve Duchesne · hooking2 min
- 4:54 into the second period
Shawn Chambers · interference2 min - 7:26 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · slashing2 min
- 7:36 into the second periodDennis Maruk · tripping2 min
- 12:33 into the second periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 13:50 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · high sticking2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodPaul Guay · tripping2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodPaul Guay · fighting5 min
- 16:57 into the second periodMike Berger · slashing2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodShawn Chambers · fighting5 min
- 18:40 into the second periodPhil Sykes · roughing2 min
- 18:40 into the second periodCurt Giles · roughing2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodBob Rouse · slashing2 min
- 4:56 into the third periodDave Gagner · cross checking2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · cross checking2 min
- 8:44 into the third periodPaul Fenton · hooking2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 14:21 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 11 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 81Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Paul GuayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken HammondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 12 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Moe ManthaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10Stephane RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Patrick MichelettiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Mike BergerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 43 | 5 | .884 |