Philadelphia Flyers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, January 5, 1989 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 on Thursday, January 5, 1989 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Flyers 36–30.
Dave Poulin scored twice. Dave Gagner, Brian MacLellan, Pelle Eklund, Mark Tinordi, Marc Habscheid and Stew Gavin also scored.
Jon Casey made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Poulin (6)Scott Mellanby (16), Mark Howe (20)1–005:09 PHI
Dave Gagner (22)Dave Archibald (9), Dean Kolstad (1)1–113:27 MNS · 
Brian MacLellan (8)Neal Broten (20)1–217:52 MNS · - Dave Poulin (7)Murray Craven (13)2–219:04 PHI
2nd period
Pelle Eklund (9)Mark Howe (21)3–207:33 PHI
3rd period
Mark Tinordi (1)Brian MacLellan (13), Neal Broten (21)3–300:29 MNS
Marc Habscheid (13)Neal Broten (22), Ville Siren (2)3–415:14 MNS · 
Stew Gavin (3)Marc Habscheid (11), Ville Siren (3)3–519:59 MNS ·
Team stats
PHIMNS
3036
0%0%
0/33/6
2115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:53 into the first period
Scott Mellanby · holding2 min - 11:01 into the first periodJeff Harding · high sticking2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 13:53 into the first period
Brian MacLellan · tripping2 min - 15:58 into the first periodBob Brooke · roughing2 min
- 15:58 into the first periodMoe Mantha · roughing2 min
- 16:53 into the first periodDave Poulin · interference2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodStew Gavin · slashing2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodRon Sutter · slashing2 min
- 9:58 into the second periodJay Wells · holding2 min
- 12:08 into the second periodMarc Habscheid · holding2 min
- 16:44 into the second periodBob Brooke · holding2 min
- 9:43 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the third periodJay Wells · fighting5 min
- 13:33 into the third periodMoe Mantha · high sticking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 20Dave PoulinC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 34Jeff HardingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Marc HabscheidC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 40Dean KolstadD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 22Dusan PasekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 35Jarmo MyllysG | 0 | 0 | – |