Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 15, 1991 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Wednesday, May 15, 1991 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the North Stars 38–29.
Neal Broten scored twice. Ulf Samuelsson, Ulf Dahlen, Mario Lemieux, Marc Bureau, Scott Young, Bobby Smith and Joe Mullen also scored.
Jon Casey made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ulf Samuelsson (2)Ron Francis (8)0–103:45 PIT
Neal Broten (7)Unassisted1–106:32 MNS
Ulf Dahlen (1)Bobby Smith (7), Shawn Chambers (6)2–109:49 MNS
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (12)Ron Francis (9)2–203:54 PIT · 
Marc Bureau (3)Stew Gavin (8)3–206:53 MNS · 
Scott Young (1)Larry Murphy (10), Jaromir Jagr (6)3–307:43 PIT · - Neal Broten (8)Mike Modano (11)4–317:01 MNS
3rd period
Bobby Smith (7)Ulf Dahlen (5)5–301:39 MNS
Joe Mullen (6)Jaromir Jagr (7), Scott Young (6)5–410:35 PIT
Team stats
MNSPIT
2938
0%0%
0/51/8
1610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:17 into the first period
Brian Propp · slashing2 min - 7:45 into the first period
Troy Loney · roughing2 min - 12:32 into the first periodShawn Chambers · hooking2 min
- 13:45 into the first periodMark Tinordi · high sticking2 min
- 15:02 into the first periodMark Recchi · interference2 min
- 18:13 into the first periodBasil Mcrae · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:39 into the first periodMarc Bureau · boarding2 min
- 2:01 into the second periodGordie Roberts · interference2 min
- 5:58 into the second periodJim Johnson · slashing2 min
- 10:25 into the second periodMarc Bureau · holding2 min
- 19:11 into the second periodPaul Stanton · hooking2 min
- 4:08 into the third periodGrant Jennings · cross checking2 min
- 8:25 into the third periodJon Casey · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 18Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Marc BureauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Scott YoungR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |