🌌 Away North Stars 0-0 in series
5–4
Final
PIT leads 4–2
🐧 Home Penguins 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MNS 0005
PIT 0004

North Stars at Penguins — Stanley Cup Finals Game 1

North Stars, Stanley Cup Finals Game 1, beat Penguins 5–4 at PPG Paints Arena on May 15, 1991.

🗓 Wed, May 15, 1991 · 18:30 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1990-91 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Stanley Cup Finals — Best of 7

MNS vs PIT · PIT leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
5–4
Final · MNS
Game 2
1–4
Final · PIT
Game 3
1–3
Final · MNS
Game 4
5–3
Final · PIT
Game 5
4–6
Final · PIT
Game 6
8–0
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌌 MNS
Neal Broten
2 G
6 shots · +2
2nd star 🌌 MNS
Ulf Dahlen
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
3rd star 🌌 MNS
Bobby Smith
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌌MNS PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 38
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
16 Penalty minutes 10
MNS shooting 17.2% (5/29) PIT shooting 10.5% (4/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌌North Stars
Jon Casey
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:14 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
North Stars
North Stars — tied after 1st: 47-41-9 (48% win rate, 97 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 56-36-6 (57% win rate, 98 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
North Stars
North Stars — tied after 2nd: 47-41-9 (48% win rate, 97 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 56-36-6 (57% win rate, 98 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Dec 20, 1990
🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · Penguins won
Dec 1, 1990
🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS
3–6 · North Stars won
Nov 13, 1990
🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS
4–1 · Penguins won
Mar 17, 1990
🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT
6–2 · North Stars won
Mar 4, 1990
🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT
6–8 · Penguins won

❓ MNS vs PIT, answered

Who won North Stars vs Penguins on May 15, 1991?

North Stars won 5–4.

What was the final score of North Stars vs Penguins?

The final score was North Stars 5, Penguins 4.

How did the North Stars goalie play?

Jon Casey made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is North Stars vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🌌North Stars
Previous game · May 10
🌌MNS @ 🛢️EDM
3–2 · MNS won
Next game · May 17
🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · May 11
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
3–5 · PIT won
Next game · May 17
🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
North Stars season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule