Hartford Whalers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, February 7, 1990 · Met Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–3 on Wednesday, February 7, 1990 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Whalers 31–24.
Pat Verbeek scored twice and Kevin Dineen scored twice. Larry Murphy, Mike Modano, Brian Bellows and Ron Francis also scored.
Mike Liut made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Verbeek (28)Ray Ferraro (23), Scott Young (30)1–008:32 HFD · 
Kevin Dineen (18)Mikael Andersson (21)2–013:30 HFD
2nd period
Larry Murphy (8)Mike Modano (30)2–101:24 MNS
Mike Modano (24)Don Barber (13), Brian Bellows (31)2–214:55 MNS
3rd period
- Kevin Dineen (19)Brad Shaw (17)3–203:23 HFD
- Pat Verbeek (29)Ray Ferraro (24)4–215:01 HFD
Brian Bellows (36)Mike Gartner (31), Dave Gagner (26)4–317:42 MNS · 
Ron Francis (21)Dave Tippett (11), Joel Quenneville (2)5–319:09 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDMNS
2431
0%0%
1/31/5
1814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:29 into the first period
Todd Krygier · tripping2 min - 6:53 into the first period
Basil Mcrae · high sticking2 min - 14:12 into the first periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 17:56 into the first periodRon Francis · slashing2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodGrant Jennings · roughing2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodStew Gavin · roughing2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodRandy Ladouceur · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodMark Tinordi · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:41 into the second periodBrad Shaw · holding2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodDave Babych · hooking2 min
- 11:25 into the second periodNeil Wilkinson · hooking2 min
- 8:02 into the third periodDave Tippett · roughing2 min
- 8:02 into the third periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 16:29 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · tripping2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · roughing2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodDave Gagner · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 37Don BarberL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Perry BerezanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 33Daniel BerthiaumeG | 0 | 0 | – |