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Friday, November 13, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

North Stars 5 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 46OVR Keith Acton Oilers First Star 2G · 2 SOG R 95OVR Dino Ciccarelli North Stars Second Star 2G · 3 SOG C 86OVR Adam Creighton Sabres Third Star 1G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:25 Adam Creighton (4) Unassisted MNS 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 2:46 Dino Ciccarelli (8) Dave Gagner (1), Steve Payne (1) MNS 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 4:17 Mark Napier (1) Unassisted MNS 1 – 2 BUF
  4. 9:39 Keith Acton (5) Craig Hartsburg (13) MNS 2 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 5:42 Keith Acton (6) Gordie Roberts (7), Mike Berger (1) MNS 3 – 2 BUF
  2. 14:22 Dino Ciccarelli (9) Neal Broten (8), Brian MacLellan (5) MNS 4 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 0:20 Phil Housley (11) Joe Reekie (2), Christian Ruuttu (11) MNS 4 – 3 BUF
  2. 2:39 Scott Arniel (4) SHG Lindy Ruff (4) MNS 4 – 4 BUF
  3. 13:32 Brian Bellows (12) PPG Brian Lawton (6), Steve Payne (2) MNS 5 – 4 BUF

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Keith Acton C 2 0 2 +2 1.95
Dino Ciccarelli R 2 0 3 0 1.73
Steve Payne L 0 2 0 0 1.10
Dave Gagner C 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Craig Hartsburg D 0 1 5 0 0.85
Mike Berger D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Neal Broten C 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Brian Lawton C 0 1 4 -2 0.63
Gordie Roberts D 0 1 1 0 0.55
Brian Bellows L 1 0 1 -1 0.38
Bob Brooke R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Scott Bjugstad L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Basil Mcrae L 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Brian MacLellan L 0 1 3 -1 0.10
Bob Rouse D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Frantisek Musil D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dave Archibald C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Ron Wilson D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Kari Takko W 35 31 4 .886 60:00 0.10

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Adam Creighton C 1 0 4 +2 1.35
Mark Napier R 1 0 2 +2 1.20
Phil Housley D 1 0 7 -1 1.13
Scott Arniel L 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Christian Ruuttu C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Lindy Ruff L 0 1 1 0 0.55
Joe Reekie D 0 1 2 -1 0.48
Doug Smith C 0 0 2 +2 0.30
Uwe Krupp D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Calle Johansson D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Ray Sheppard R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Ed Hospodar D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Foligno R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Pierre Turgeon C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Kevin Maguire R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Jeff Parker R 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Dave Andreychuk L 0 0 3 -2 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Daren Puppa L 27 22 5 .815 59:25 -1.55