Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, March 24, 1990 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Boston Bruins 7–6 on Saturday, March 24, 1990 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the North Stars 43–24.
Neal Broten scored a hat trick and Aaron Broten scored twice. Mark Tinordi, Craig Janney, Ray Bourque, Brian Bellows, Bob Sweeney, Don Sweeney, Jim Wiemer and Dave Christian also scored.
Jon Casey made 37 saves on 43 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Neal Broten (21)Dave Gagner (35), Mark Tinordi (7)1–002:53 MNS
Mark Tinordi (3)Brian Bellows (39), Neal Broten (58)2–004:35 MNS
Craig Janney (22)Ray Bourque (62), Glen Wesley (26)2–114:13 BOS · - Neal Broten (22)Brian Bellows (40), Mike Modano (41)3–116:09 MNS ·
2nd period
Ray Bourque (19)Bobby Carpenter (30), Craig Janney (38)3–202:07 BOS · 
Brian Bellows (52)Mike Modano (42)4–210:24 MNS- Neal Broten (23)Mike Modano (43), Brian Bellows (41)5–211:18 MNS ·
Aaron Broten (18)Stew Gavin (12), Dave Gagner (36)6–213:02 MNS
Bob Sweeney (21)Jim Wiemer (14), John Carter (19)6–313:26 BOS
3rd period
Don Sweeney (3)John Carter (20)6–406:51 BOS- Aaron Broten (19)Dave Gagner (37), Larry Murphy (56)7–407:58 MNS
Jim Wiemer (5)Dave Poulin (26)7–510:35 BOS
Dave Christian (15)Brian Propp (21), Dave Poulin (27)7–611:09 BOS
Team stats
MNSBOS
2443
0%0%
2/42/7
3721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:31 into the first period
Dave Gagner · holding2 min - 5:28 into the first periodFrantisek Musil · tripping2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodFrantisek Musil · boarding2 min
- 14:52 into the first period
Garry Galley · interference2 min - 16:16 into the first periodRandy Burridge · slashing2 min
- 16:16 into the first periodRandy Burridge · slashing2 min
- 16:16 into the first periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 16:16 into the first periodShane Churla · cross checking2 min
- 16:16 into the first periodShane Churla · slashing2 min
- 16:16 into the first periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 18:44 into the first periodBobby Gould · cross checking2 min
- 19:31 into the first periodDon Barber · tripping2 min
- 0:29 into the second periodCurt Giles · interference2 min
- 7:02 into the second periodDave Gagner · interference2 min
- 10:47 into the second periodGreg Hawgood · slashing2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 9:34 into the third periodCam Neely · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:34 into the third periodShane Churla · misconduct10 min
- 9:34 into the third periodBasil Mcrae · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodCam Neely · cross checking2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodMark Tinordi · interference2 min
- 19:44 into the third periodDave Gagner · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Aaron BrotenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Don BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 47Mario ThyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 43 | 6 | .861 |
Boston Bruins
| 19Dave PoulinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Craig JanneyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 31John CarterL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 30Jim WiemerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 12 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 36Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 38Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 4 | 2 | .500 |