Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 17, 1990 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 on Saturday, March 17, 1990 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the North Stars 29–27.
Mike Modano scored a hat trick. Basil Mcrae, Brian Bellows, Barry Pederson, John Cullen and Dave Gagner also scored.
Jon Casey made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Modano (27)Gaetan Duchesne (6), Neil Wilkinson (4)1–005:27 MNS
2nd period
- Mike Modano (28)Larry Murphy (51)2–005:21 MNS
Basil Mcrae (6)Unassisted3–007:27 MNS- Mike Modano (29)Gaetan Duchesne (7), Ulf Dahlen (20)4–012:34 MNS
3rd period
Brian Bellows (46)Ulf Dahlen (21), Dave Gagner (32)5–000:21 MNS · 
Barry Pederson (5)Tony Tanti (33), Kevin Stevens (40)5–101:50 PIT
John Cullen (31)Mark Recchi (34), Chris Dahlquist (9)5–203:22 PIT
Dave Gagner (35)Shawn Chambers (16), Larry Murphy (52)6–217:34 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSPIT
2729
0%0%
2/60/5
1427
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:05 into the first period
Shane Churla · roughing2 min - 8:05 into the first periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 8:05 into the first periodNeil Wilkinson · roughing2 min
- 8:05 into the first period
Jay Caufield · roughing2 min - 8:05 into the first periodDoug Smith · roughing2 min
- 11:42 into the first periodTroy Loney · interference2 min
- 13:35 into the first periodJim Johnson · slashing2 min
- 13:35 into the first periodJim Johnson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:31 into the first periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodNeal Broten · tripping2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodRob Brown · slashing2 min
- 6:16 into the third periodJon Casey · roughing2 min
- 11:20 into the third periodBrian Bellows · interference2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodDoug Smith · high sticking5 min
- 17:13 into the third periodDoug Smith · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Perry BerezanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 37Don BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Jim KyteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |