Minnesota North Stars vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 26, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Minnesota North Stars 8–1 on Saturday, March 26, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the North Stars 30–22.
Goals came from Ray Ferraro, Terry Ruskowski, Torrie Robertson, Carey Wilson, Lindsay Carson, Dave Tippett, Paul Macdermid, Stew Gavin and Ron Francis.
Richard Brodeur made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Ferraro (20)Ulf Samuelsson (32)0–107:04 HFD
Terry Ruskowski (4)Bob Brooke (19)1–109:30 MNS ·
2nd period
Torrie Robertson (2)Kevin Dineen (23), Randy Ladouceur (6)1–204:28 HFD
Carey Wilson (24)Dave Babych (35), Ray Ferraro (25)1–310:22 HFD · 
Lindsay Carson (7)Dave Babych (36)1–416:59 HFD
3rd period
Dave Tippett (15)Carey Wilson (39), Randy Ladouceur (7)1–510:40 HFD
Paul Macdermid (20)Ray Ferraro (26), Sylvain Turgeon (25)1–616:23 HFD
Stew Gavin (10)Dave Tippett (18)1–717:41 HFD
Ron Francis (24)Kevin Dineen (24)1–819:18 HFD
Team stats
MNSHFD
2230
0%0%
1/51/8
4942
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:07 into the first period
Curt Giles · tripping2 min - 8:18 into the first period
Randy Ladouceur · holding2 min - 13:14 into the first periodBob Brooke · interference2 min
- 15:06 into the first periodRay Ferraro · roughing2 min
- 15:06 into the first periodFrantisek Musil · fighting5 min
- 15:54 into the first periodSylvain Cote · hooking2 min
- 16:20 into the first periodBrian Bellows · cross checking2 min
- 19:57 into the first periodPaul Macdermid · interference2 min
- 19:57 into the first periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodDean Evason · slashing2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodCurt Giles · slashing2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodDave Gagner · hooking2 min
- 14:10 into the second periodSylvain Cote · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBob Rouse · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:05 into the third periodRon Francis · roughing2 min
- 2:05 into the third periodEmanuel Viveiros · roughing2 min
- 2:40 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:40 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · misconduct10 min
- 2:40 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:40 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · misconduct10 min
- 2:49 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 2:49 into the third periodRichard Zemlak · instigator2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodRichard Zemlak · fighting5 min
- 8:19 into the third periodBob Rouse · cross checking2 min
- 12:00 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · holding2 min
- 16:23 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · fighting5 min
- 16:23 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · instigator2 min
- 16:23 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 16:59 into the third periodLindsay Carson · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Wally SchreiberR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 28Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Emanuel ViveirosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 5 | 3 | .400 | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
Hartford Whalers
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 0Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Richard BrodeurG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 35Kay WhitmoreG | 0 | 0 | – |