Mark Johnson scored seven minutes into the third period to lead the Whalers to a 3-2 victory over the North Stars at the Met Center. Hartford (8-22-2) scored all three of their goals on the power play, with Sylvain Turgeon and Ron Francis getting the others. Neal Broten and Al MacAdam scored for Minnesota (12-10-4).
Hartford Whalers at Minnesota North Stars
DATE : 07/03/2025
GOALS 1 2 3 OT F
Hartford Whalers 1 1 1 0 3
Minnesota North Stars 1 0 1 0 2
SHOTS 1 2 3 OT F
Hartford Whalers 11 14 10 0 35
Minnesota North Stars 10 5 12 0 27
S C O R I N G S U M M A R Y
1. MIN. NEAL BROTEN(7)( STEVE PAYNE ): 1st 0:29
2. HAR. SYLVAIN TURGEON(5)( WILLIE HUBER, MARK JOHNSON ) (PP) : 1st 1:15
3. HAR. RON FRANCIS(6)( GREG MALONE, BOB CRAWFORD ) (PP) : 2nd 19:10
4. MIN. AL MacADAM(3)( GREG SMITH ): 3rd 4:29
5. HAR. MARK JOHNSON(6)( JOE MULLEN, SYLVAIN TURGEON ) (PP) : 3rd 7:12
P E N A L T I E S S U M M A R Y
1. MIN. MIKE GARTNER - 2 Minutes: 1st 1:04
2. HAR. RAY NEUFELD - 2 Minutes: 1st 16:18
3. MIN. BRYAN MAXWELL - 5 Minutes: 2nd 14:46
4. HAR. RON FRANCIS - 2 Minutes: 2nd 14:46
5. HAR. KARI ELORANTA - 2 Minutes: 2nd 15:44
6. MIN. DINO CICCARELLI - 2 Minutes: 2nd 15:44
7. MIN. DINO CICCARELLI - 2 Minutes: 3rd 1:38
8. MIN. STEVE PAYNE - 2 Minutes: 3rd 5:33
I N J U R I E S
NONE
Player Stats For Hartford Whalers
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
BOB CRAWFORD 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 21 12:28 0 0 0 1
JOE MULLEN -1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 31 16:57 0 0 0 2
HAKAN LOOB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 29 17:25 0 0 0 1
LUCIEN DeBLOIS -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 13:51 0 0 0 0
MARK JOHNSON 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 8-5 36 19:14 0 0 1 1 GWG
RAY NEUFELD 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 24 13:54 0 1 0 1
SYLVAIN TURGEON -1 6 1 1 0 1 0 0-0 35 18:38 0 0 2 1
RON FRANCIS -1 1 1 0 2 1 0 5-3 30 18:00 0 1 0 1
PERRY TURNBULL 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 6:48 0 0 0 0
GREG MALONE -1 6 0 1 0 0 0 2-1 30 18:24 0 0 1 0
JEFF LARMER -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 13:51 0 1 1 0
PETER McNAB 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 12 6:48 0 0 0 0
WADE CAMPBELL -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 36 21:41 0 1 0 0
WILLIE HUBER 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 31 16:01 0 0 0 0
DWIGHT SCHOFIELD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 21 11:24 0 0 0 0
RISTO SILTANEN -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 38 22:11 0 1 0 1
KARI ELORANTA -1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 43 23:17 2 2 0 0
LARS LINDGREN -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 36 21:41 0 1 0 0
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TOTAL -10 35 3 6 6 3 0 17-9 2 8 5 9
Player Stats For Minnesota North Stars
PLAYER +/- SOG G A PIM PP SH FO-W AC IT TA HIT SP AS
MIKE GARTNER 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 26 14:57 2 0 0 1
BERNIE FEDERKO 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4-3 26 15:13 2 0 0 1
BRIAN BELLOWS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 38 20:12 0 0 0 1
DINO CICCARELLI 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 0-0 28 16:03 0 0 0 1
STEVE PAYNE 1 4 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 25 14:29 0 0 0 1
AL MacADAM 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3-0 30 16:19 0 0 1 0
NEAL BROTEN 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5-2 30 18:00 0 0 0 1
TONY McKEGNEY 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 24 13:51 0 0 0 1
LANE LAMBERT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 6:48 0 0 1 0
KEITH ACTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 30 18:24 0 0 0 0
RICK MEAGHER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 12 6:48 0 0 0 0
BRAD MAXWELL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 42 24:20 0 1 0 0
GORDIE ROBERTS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 47 24:58 0 1 0 0
GEORGE FERGUSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 12 6:48 0 0 0 0
CURT GILES 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 46 25:50 0 1 0 1
GREG SMITH 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 38 23:12 2 0 0 0
BRYAN MAXWELL 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0-0 20 11:43 1 2 0 0
DAN MANDICH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 17 9:43 0 0 0 0
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TOTAL 10 27 2 2 13 0 0 17-8 7 5 2 8
Goalie Stats For Hartford Whalers
GOALIE MIN SA GA ENG SV SV% WLT AS PIM GR GRS REB #AC FAT
MICHEL DION 0 0 0 0 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 0
RON LOW 60 27 2 0 25 0.926 WIN 0 0 2 0 0 105
Goalie Stats For Minnesota North Stars
GOALIE MIN SA GA ENG SV SV% WLT AS PIM GR GRS REB #AC FAT
DON BEAUPRE 59 35 3 0 32 0.914 LOSS 0 0 5 3 1 104
MIKE BLAKE 0 0 0 0 0 ----- 0 0 0 0 0 0
POWER PLAY OPP GOALS
Hartford Whalers 5 3
Minnesota North Stars 1 0
STARS OF THE GAME
1st star - SYLVAIN TURGEON from Hartford
2nd star - RON LOW from Hartford
3rd star - AL MacADAM from Minnesota
GAME STORY
In a strong showing away from home, Hartford won by one goal over the
North Stars by a final tally of 3 to 2. The Whalers scored all of their
goals on the power play. MARK JOHNSON closed out the scoring with the
game winner at 7:12 of the 3rd period. RON LOW was sharp in goal. He
allowed 2 goals while facing 27 shots. Other goal scorers were SYLVAIN
TURGEON and RON FRANCIS for Hartford and AL MacADAM and NEAL BROTEN for
Minnesota.
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