Minnesota North Stars vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Monday, December 19, 1988 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–1 on Monday, December 19, 1988 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the North Stars 42–31.
Goals came from Trevor Linden, Brian Bradley, Barry Pederson, Tony Tanti, Brian MacLellan and Jim Sandlak.
Troy Gamble made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Trevor Linden (16)Petri Skriko (18), Brian Bradley (10)0–101:37 VAN
Brian Bradley (9)Petri Skriko (19), Trevor Linden (11)0–214:22 VAN
2nd period
Barry Pederson (11)Petri Skriko (20), Harold Snepsts (3)0–311:07 VAN ·
3rd period
Tony Tanti (13)Harold Snepsts (4)0–407:27 VAN
Brian MacLellan (7)Shawn Chambers (5), Neal Broten (12)1–410:53 MNS · 
Jim Sandlak (7)Paul Reinhart (29), Tony Tanti (16)1–519:13 VAN ·
Team stats
MNSVAN
3142
0%0%
1/21/2
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:36 into the first period
Basil Mcrae · roughing2 min - 4:36 into the first periodBasil Mcrae · roughing2 min
- 4:36 into the first period
Jim Sandlak · roughing2 min - 4:36 into the first periodJim Sandlak · roughing2 min
- 15:50 into the first periodVille Siren · hooking2 min
- 10:39 into the second periodStan Smyl · tripping2 min
- 9:07 into the third periodRobert Nordmark · holding2 min
- 17:43 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Michael MchughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 30Jon CaseyG | 9 | 2 | .778 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Troy GambleG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |