Minnesota North Stars vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Sunday, December 3, 1989 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–5 on Sunday, December 3, 1989 at Pacific Coliseum. The North Stars outshot the Canucks 35–30.
Mike Gartner scored a hat trick and Trevor Linden scored twice. Petri Skriko, Greg Adams, Dave Gagner, Tony Tanti, Bob Brooke and Brian Bradley also scored.
Kirk McLean made 30 saves on 35 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Petri Skriko (7)Jim Benning (2), Vladimir Krutov (11)0–105:41 VAN
Greg Adams (16)Paul Reinhart (18), Tony Tanti (14)0–206:25 VAN ·
2nd period
Dave Gagner (14)Brian Bellows (14), Larry Murphy (22)1–200:58 MNS
Mike Gartner (18)Curt Giles (6), Mike Modano (13)2–206:03 MNS
Tony Tanti (8)Trevor Linden (8), Brian Bradley (13)2–309:41 VAN
Trevor Linden (7)Tony Tanti (15)2–417:47 VAN
3rd period
- Mike Gartner (19)Dave Gagner (14), Larry Murphy (23)3–403:07 MNS ·
- Mike Gartner (20)Brian Bellows (15), Dave Gagner (15)4–406:57 MNS ·
Bob Brooke (3)Neal Broten (23)5–408:59 MNS · 
Brian Bradley (11)Greg Adams (7), Trevor Linden (9)5–509:51 VAN- Trevor Linden (8)Greg Adams (8), Paul Reinhart (19)5–613:14 VAN ·
Team stats
MNSVAN
3530
0%0%
2/52/3
1519
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:56 into the first period
Neal Broten · interference2 min - 12:41 into the first period
Doug Smith · holding2 min - 18:51 into the first periodTim Lenardon · holding2 min
- 5:58 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 5:58 into the second periodRod Buskas · fighting5 min
- 15:51 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · high sticking2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodPaul Reinhart · high sticking2 min
- 2:16 into the third periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 5:25 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · slashing2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodPerry Berezan · roughing2 min
- 12:23 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · holding2 min
- 19:26 into the third periodPaul Reinhart · holding2 min
- 19:34 into the third periodBrian Bellows · cross checking2 min
- 19:34 into the third periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Mike GartnerR | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Clark DonatelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Perry BerezanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 16Trevor LindenC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Vladimir KrutovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Igor LarionovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Tim LenardonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | W | 35 | 5 | .857 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |