Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Thursday, May 23, 1991 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–4 on Thursday, May 23, 1991 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the North Stars 31–25.
Mark Recchi scored twice and Dave Gagner scored twice. Mario Lemieux, Kevin Stevens, Neal Broten, Ron Francis, Ulf Dahlen and Troy Loney also scored.
Frank Pietrangelo made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Brian Hayward stopped 16 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (15)Larry Murphy (14), Paul Coffey (8)0–105:36 PIT · 
Kevin Stevens (17)Paul Coffey (9), Larry Murphy (15)0–210:08 PIT · 
Mark Recchi (9)Mario Lemieux (24), Phil Bourque (7)0–311:45 PIT- Mark Recchi (10)Mario Lemieux (25), Larry Murphy (16)0–413:41 PIT
Neal Broten (9)Mark Tinordi (6)1–414:52 MNS ·
2nd period
Dave Gagner (11)Brian Propp (14)2–406:54 MNS · 
Ron Francis (6)Joe Mullen (8)2–516:26 PIT
3rd period
Ulf Dahlen (2)Bobby Smith (8), Gaetan Duchesne (3)3–501:36 MNS- Dave Gagner (12)Brian Propp (15), Stew Gavin (10)4–507:42 MNS
Troy Loney (2)Larry Murphy (17), Ron Francis (10)4–618:21 PIT
Team stats
MNSPIT
2531
0%0%
0/42/7
2418
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Brian Glynn · cross checking2 min - 7:07 into the first period
Bryan Trottier · cross checking2 min - 9:54 into the first periodMark Tinordi · hooking2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodShane Churla · roughing2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodBasil Mcrae · charging2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodBasil Mcrae · roughing2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodBasil Mcrae · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodJim Paek · roughing2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 5:23 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · hooking2 min
- 10:46 into the second periodBryan Trottier · tripping2 min
- 14:53 into the second periodDave Gagner · interference2 min
- 14:53 into the second periodPeter Taglianetti · holding2 min
- 17:20 into the second periodPhil Bourque · illegal stick2 min
- 8:40 into the third periodPeter Taglianetti · cross checking2 min
- 9:49 into the third periodDave Gagner · tripping2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodBrian Glynn · cross checking2 min
- 12:00 into the third periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 12:00 into the third periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 19:02 into the third periodDave Gagner · roughing2 min
- 19:02 into the third periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Dave GagnerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Brian ProppL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | L | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 30Jon CaseyG | 13 | 4 | .692 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 9Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Jim PaekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 7 | 1 | .857 | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |