Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, January 17, 1991 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thursday, January 17, 1991 at Met Center. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 36–20.
Goals came from Brian Bellows, Ulf Dahlen, Michal Pivonka, Kelly Miller, Mike Craig, Dave Gagner and Doug Smail.
Brian Hayward made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (15)Jim Johnson (9), Mike Modano (20)0–108:54 MNS
Ulf Dahlen (11)Brian Bellows (27), Mark Tinordi (13)0–215:46 MNS
Michal Pivonka (13)Dave Tippett (4), Al Iafrate (16)1–218:58 WSH
2nd period
Kelly Miller (10)Kevin Hatcher (33)2–207:30 WSH
Mike Craig (6)Neil Wilkinson (5)2–308:36 MNS
3rd period
Dave Gagner (27)Chris Dahlquist (5)2–415:33 MNS
Doug Smail (7)Neal Broten (37)2–517:47 MNS ·
Team stats
WSHMNS
3620
0%0%
0/90/5
5867
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:34 into the first period
Mike Craig · tripping2 min - 17:24 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · hooking2 min
- 18:39 into the first period
John Druce · tripping2 min - 2:12 into the second periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 2:12 into the second periodNick Kypreos · roughing2 min
- 2:12 into the second periodNick Kypreos · roughing2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodBrian Propp · holding2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodJim Johnson · instigator2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodJim Johnson · fighting5 min
- 15:22 into the second periodJim Johnson · attempt to injure10 min
- 15:22 into the second periodAlan May · roughing2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodAlan May · fighting5 min
- 0:24 into the third periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 2:52 into the third periodMike Lalor · cross checking2 min
- 3:00 into the third periodKelly Miller · hooking2 min
- 3:22 into the third periodBrian Propp · holding2 min
- 5:35 into the third periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 17:04 into the third periodRob Zettler · hooking2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodMark Tinordi · cross checking2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodMark Tinordi · misconduct10 min
- 18:58 into the third periodNeil Wilkinson · fighting5 min
- 18:58 into the third periodCalle Johansson · fighting5 min
- 19:52 into the third periodRob Zettler · instigator2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodRob Zettler · fighting5 min
- 19:52 into the third periodRob Zettler · misconduct10 min
- 19:52 into the third periodAl Iafrate · roughing2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodAl Iafrate · fighting5 min
- 19:52 into the third periodAl Iafrate · spearing5 min
- 19:52 into the third periodAl Iafrate · game misconduct10 min
- 19:52 into the third periodAlan May · roughing2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodAlan May · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 14Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 34Al IafrateD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 2Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Mikhail TatarinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SmailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike CraigR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – |