Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota North Stars
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 21, 1991 · Met Center
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–3 on Tuesday, May 21, 1991 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Penguins 38–24.
Goals came from Kevin Stevens, Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux, Dave Gagner, Bryan Trottier, Brian Propp, Mike Modano and Phil Bourque.
Tom Barrasso made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Stevens (16)Unassisted1–000:58 PIT
Ron Francis (5)Kevin Stevens (14), Joe Mullen (6)2–002:36 PIT
Mario Lemieux (14)Mark Recchi (24), Larry Murphy (13)3–002:58 PIT
Dave Gagner (10)Brian Bellows (19), Ulf Dahlen (6)3–118:22 MNS
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (3)Bob Errey (2), Jaromir Jagr (9)4–109:55 PIT
Brian Propp (8)Dave Gagner (14)4–213:10 MNS · 
Mike Modano (8)Brian Propp (13), Dave Gagner (15)4–318:25 MNS ·
3rd period
Phil Bourque (6)Joe Mullen (7), Mario Lemieux (23)5–319:45 PIT ·
Team stats
PITMNS
2438
0%0%
0/52/7
3316
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:27 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · charging2 min - 7:44 into the first period
Brian Propp · high sticking2 min - 7:44 into the first periodPaul Stanton · high sticking2 min
- 14:45 into the first periodJim Johnson · holding2 min
- 18:38 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodMike Modano · slashing2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · roughing2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · roughing2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodKevin Stevens · holding2 min
- 12:34 into the second periodBrian Bellows · roughing2 min
- 12:34 into the second periodMario Lemieux · interference2 min
- 12:34 into the second periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 16:59 into the second periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 18:06 into the second periodBob Errey · hooking2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodDave Gagner · roughing2 min
- 13:03 into the third periodTroy Loney · high sticking5 min
- 13:03 into the third periodTroy Loney · game misconduct10 min
- 16:52 into the third periodJon Casey · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Jim PaekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Brian ProppL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 11Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |