Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, March 16, 1988 · Met Center
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Minnesota North Stars 2–1 on Wednesday, March 16, 1988 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Red Wings 36–27.
Goals came from Brent Ashton, Dino Ciccarelli and Lee Norwood.
Greg Stefan made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Ashton (24)Lee Norwood (18)1–008:17 DET · 
Dino Ciccarelli (36)Brian MacLellan (27), Brian Bellows (34)1–111:44 MNS ·
2nd period
Lee Norwood (7)Brent Ashton (23), Rick Zombo (12)2–116:00 DET
Team stats
DETMNS
2736
0%0%
1/41/6
6249
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:24 into the first period
Bob Brooke · roughing2 min - 11:10 into the first period
Rick Zombo · tripping2 min - 14:49 into the first periodShawn Burr · instigator2 min
- 14:49 into the first periodShawn Burr · fighting5 min
- 14:49 into the first periodShawn Burr · game misconduct10 min
- 14:49 into the first periodJoe Murphy · fighting5 min
- 14:49 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · hooking2 min
- 14:49 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · instigator2 min
- 14:49 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 14:49 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 15:41 into the first periodBob Brooke · slashing2 min
- 17:44 into the first periodBrent Ashton · slashing2 min
- 17:44 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodTim Higgins · high sticking2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodTim Higgins · roughing2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodJim Pavese · game misconduct10 min
- 18:11 into the first periodRick Zombo · roughing2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodBob Brooke · roughing2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodRichard Zemlak · high sticking2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodRichard Zemlak · roughing2 min
- 1:05 into the second periodDoug Halward · cross checking2 min
- 11:30 into the second periodAdam Oates · hooking2 min
- 14:57 into the second periodSteve Chiasson · fighting5 min
- 14:57 into the second periodMitchell Messier · high sticking2 min
- 14:57 into the second periodMitchell Messier · roughing2 min
- 2:58 into the third periodTim Higgins · slashing2 min
- 2:58 into the third periodBrian Lawton · hooking2 min
- 4:33 into the third periodLee Norwood · cross checking2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodGerard Gallant · fighting5 min
- 11:19 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 11:19 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · game misconduct10 min
- 11:48 into the third periodBob Probert · charging2 min
- 17:50 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Brent AshtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mitchell MessierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Wally SchreiberR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |