Minnesota North Stars vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Thursday, May 2, 1991 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–1 on Thursday, May 2, 1991 at Northlands Coliseum. The North Stars outshot the Oilers 32–28.
Goals came from Steve Smith, Neal Broten, Dave Gagner and Gaetan Duchesne.
Jon Casey made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Smith (1)Anatoli Semenov (4), Joe Murphy (4)0–102:15 EDM · 
Neal Broten (5)Ulf Dahlen (2)1–115:11 MNS
2nd period
Dave Gagner (6)Neal Broten (10), Brian Bellows (11)2–108:05 MNS ·
3rd period
Gaetan Duchesne (1)Ulf Dahlen (3)3–116:21 MNS
Team stats
MNSEDM
3228
0%0%
1/51/3
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:48 into the first period
Chris Dahlquist · interference2 min - 5:41 into the first period
Adam Graves · holding2 min - 8:45 into the first periodSteve Smith · holding2 min
- 2:58 into the second periodSteve Smith · cross checking2 min
- 7:24 into the second periodSteve Smith · interference2 min
- 12:39 into the second periodMark Tinordi · elbowing2 min
- 5:24 into the third periodMark Messier · elbowing2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodBrian Propp · hooking2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · slashing2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodStew Gavin · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 8Joe MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Anatoli SemenovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Mark LambC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |