Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 1989 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Thursday, December 21, 1989 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the North Stars 37–32.
Mike Modano scored twice. Glen Wesley, Randy Burridge, Dave Christian and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Modano (16)Neal Broten (30), Dave Gagner (19)1–017:03 MNS ·
2nd period
Glen Wesley (2)Craig Janney (7), Andy Brickley (17)1–101:16 BOS · 
Randy Burridge (11)Greg Johnston (1), Ray Bourque (37)1–209:04 BOS- Mike Modano (17)Brian Bellows (19), Larry Murphy (27)2–219:21 MNS ·
3rd period
Dave Christian (6)Glen Wesley (13), Bobby Carpenter (13)2–301:28 BOS
Bobby Carpenter (11)Garry Galley (9)2–408:24 BOS
Team stats
MNSBOS
3237
0%0%
2/71/5
2529
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:12 into the first period
Cam Neely · instigator2 min - 1:12 into the first periodCam Neely · fighting5 min
- 1:12 into the first period
Basil Mcrae · roughing2 min - 1:12 into the first periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 2:31 into the first periodShawn Chambers · holding2 min
- 9:38 into the first periodKen Linseman · interference2 min
- 12:27 into the first periodFrantisek Musil · hooking2 min
- 14:14 into the first periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 15:14 into the first periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
- 15:14 into the first periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
- 15:14 into the first periodBrian Bellows · roughing2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodDave Gagner · interference2 min
- 3:03 into the second periodGreg Hawgood · roughing2 min
- 5:41 into the second periodMike Modano · interference2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · cross checking2 min
- 18:18 into the second periodJim Wiemer · holding2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodNeil Wilkinson · roughing2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodNeil Wilkinson · roughing2 min
- 14:26 into the third periodAndy Brickley · tripping2 min
- 18:12 into the third periodRay Bourque · roughing2 min
- 18:12 into the third periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 18:12 into the third periodNeil Wilkinson · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Clark DonatelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Peter LappinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28David MackeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Boston Bruins
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 31John CarterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |