Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, December 31, 1990 · Met Center
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Monday, December 31, 1990 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Kings 35–23.
Goals came from Dave Gagner, Jay Miller, Tomas Sandstrom, Bob Kudelski, Brad Jones and Ulf Dahlen.
Daniel Berthiaume made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Gagner (22)Brian Bellows (21), Mark Tinordi (10)0–105:18 MNS · 
Jay Miller (5)Wayne Gretzky (47), Marty McSorley (11)1–116:03 LAK ·
2nd period
Tomas Sandstrom (18)Tim Watters (4)2–108:12 LAK
3rd period
Bob Kudelski (12)Wayne Gretzky (48), Tomas Sandstrom (16)3–105:19 LAK
Brad Jones (5)Steve Duchesne (17)4–114:43 LAK
Ulf Dahlen (8)Brian Glynn (5)4–219:08 MNS
Team stats
LAKMNS
2335
0%0%
1/51/4
2740
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:04 into the first period
Marty McSorley · high sticking2 min - 5:36 into the first period
Dave Gagner · roughing2 min - 8:41 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · slashing2 min
- 14:45 into the first periodCurt Giles · interference2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodBob Halkidis · cross checking2 min
- 5:11 into the second periodJim Johnson · elbowing2 min
- 9:02 into the second periodBob Halkidis · instigator2 min
- 9:02 into the second periodBob Halkidis · fighting5 min
- 9:02 into the second periodRob Zettler · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the second periodShane Churla · elbowing2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodJohn McIntyre · elbowing2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · slashing2 min
- 12:49 into the third periodRod Buskas · roughing2 min
- 12:49 into the third periodRod Buskas · misconduct10 min
- 12:49 into the third periodShane Churla · boarding5 min
- 12:49 into the third periodShane Churla · game misconduct10 min
- 12:49 into the third periodNeil Wilkinson · misconduct10 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 7Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Bob KudelskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 47Brad JonesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Todd ElikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44John McIntyreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 36Daniel BerthiaumeG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Brian GlynnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SmailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Perry BerezanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |