Minnesota North Stars vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Tuesday, December 26, 1989 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The Winnipeg Jets beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–3 on Tuesday, December 26, 1989 at Winnipeg Arena. The Jets outshot the North Stars 30–25.
Goals came from Brian Bellows, Teppo Numminen, Mike Gartner, Dave Gagner, Thomas Steen, Doug Smail, Dale Hawerchuk and Dave Mcllwain.
Bob Essensa made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (24)Mike Modano (15)1–002:02 MNS · 
Teppo Numminen (2)Pat Elynuik (16), Thomas Steen (29)1–105:15 WIN
Mike Gartner (23)Ville Siren (6), Neal Broten (33)2–119:08 MNS
2nd period
Dave Gagner (16)Mark Tinordi (4)3–106:35 MNS
3rd period
Thomas Steen (12)Fredrik Olausson (16), Pat Elynuik (17)3–206:24 WIN · 
Doug Smail (13)Dave Mcllwain (9)3–307:43 WIN · 
Dale Hawerchuk (8)Fredrik Olausson (17), Thomas Steen (30)3–409:57 WIN · 
Dave Mcllwain (10)Thomas Steen (31)3–519:34 WIN ·
Team stats
MNSWIN
2530
0%0%
1/22/4
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Dave Ellett · tripping2 min - 8:25 into the first period
Ville Siren · hooking2 min - 10:13 into the second periodDon Barber · slashing2 min
- 4:29 into the third periodNeil Wilkinson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:29 into the third periodPhil Sykes · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:00 into the third periodCurt Giles · holding2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodDave Ellett · tripping2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodNeal Broten · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mitchell MessierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28David MackeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Don BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 39Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 41Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Winnipeg Jets
| 25Thomas SteenC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Pat ElynuikR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave McllwainC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Doug SmailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Mark KumpelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Shawn CroninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Daniel BerthiaumeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Bob EssensaG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |