Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, December 20, 1990 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 on Thursday, December 20, 1990 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the North Stars 37–32.
Neal Broten scored twice. Ulf Dahlen, John Cullen, Paul Coffey, Jaromir Jagr and Mark Recchi also scored.
Frank Pietrangelo made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Brian Hayward stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Ulf Dahlen (5)Dave Gagner (10), Brian Bellows (16)1–003:35 MNS
Neal Broten (8)Ulf Dahlen (6)2–009:15 MNS
John Cullen (14)Paul Coffey (33), Tony Tanti (10)2–112:10 PIT
Paul Coffey (14)Mark Recchi (40), Zarley Zalapski (20)2–219:18 PIT ·
2nd period
Jaromir Jagr (8)Bryan Trottier (10), Gordie Roberts (3)2–315:44 PIT
3rd period
- Neal Broten (9)Unassisted3–316:54 MNS
Mark Recchi (17)John Cullen (44), Phil Bourque (5)3–419:06 PIT
Team stats
MNSPIT
3237
0%0%
0/21/4
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:10 into the first period
Mark Tinordi · elbowing2 min - 4:10 into the first period
Tony Tanti · roughing2 min - 10:03 into the first periodCurt Giles · holding2 min
- 18:40 into the first periodRob Zettler · roughing2 min
- 1:26 into the second periodKevin Stevens · holding2 min
- 3:45 into the second periodJiri Hrdina · holding2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodRob Zettler · high sticking2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodPhil Bourque · elbowing2 min
- 19:35 into the second periodStew Gavin · holding2 min
- 8:56 into the third periodJim Johnson · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug SmailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Perry BerezanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Brian HaywardG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |