Minnesota North Stars vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, December 23, 1990 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Sunday, December 23, 1990 at Hartford Civic Center. The North Stars outshot the Whalers 41–26.
Dave Gagner scored a hat trick. Pat Verbeek, Ron Francis, Mike Modano and Neal Broten also scored.
Jon Casey made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Daryl Reaugh stopped 36 of 41.
Scoring
2nd period
Pat Verbeek (18)Ron Francis (19), Rob Brown (11)0–100:30 HFD
Ron Francis (11)Unassisted0–203:49 HFD · 
Dave Gagner (17)Brian Bellows (17), Neal Broten (31)1–209:06 MNS · - Dave Gagner (18)Ulf Dahlen (7), Rob Zettler (3)2–210:11 MNS
3rd period
Mike Modano (11)Dave Gagner (12), Mark Tinordi (9)3–214:04 MNS · - Dave Gagner (19)Rob Zettler (4)4–217:38 MNS
Neal Broten (10)Gaetan Duchesne (2)5–218:14 MNS
Team stats
MNSHFD
4126
0%0%
2/70/6
2537
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:20 into the first period
Rob Zettler · roughing2 min - 11:24 into the first period
Dean Evason · hooking2 min - 13:17 into the first periodGrant Jennings · slashing2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodIlkka Sinisalo · slashing2 min
- 14:29 into the first periodRob Brown · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:29 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:13 into the first periodMark Tinordi · slashing2 min
- 3:21 into the second periodGrant Jennings · slashing2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
- 10:38 into the second periodBobby Holik · roughing2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodJim Johnson · interference2 min
- 15:12 into the second periodDoug Crossman · hooking2 min
- 17:47 into the second periodGrant Jennings · fighting5 min
- 17:47 into the second periodNeil Wilkinson · fighting5 min
- 3:01 into the third periodBrian Propp · interference2 min
- 6:33 into the third periodDean Evason · roughing2 min
- 6:33 into the third periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 7:58 into the third periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 10:20 into the third periodBrian Bellows · hooking2 min
- 12:53 into the third periodAdam Burt · roughing2 min
- 12:53 into the third periodAdam Burt · roughing2 min
- 12:53 into the third periodBrian Propp · roughing2 min
- 14:33 into the third periodDoug Smail · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodBench · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Dave GagnerC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SmailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Perry BerezanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 33Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 4Rob BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daryl ReaughG | L | 41 | 5 | .878 |