🌌 Away North Stars 2-2 in series
4–6
Final
PIT leads 4–2
🐧 Home Penguins 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MNS 0004
PIT 0006

North Stars at Penguins — Stanley Cup Finals Game 5

Penguins, Stanley Cup Finals Game 5, beat North Stars 6–4 at PPG Paints Arena on May 23, 1991.

🗓 Thu, May 23, 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 🐧 PIT
Larry Murphy
4 A
2 shots · +2
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 G, 2 A
4 shots
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Mark Recchi
2 G
4 shots · -2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌌MNS PIT🐧
25 Shots on goal 31
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
24 Penalty minutes 18
MNS shooting 16.0% (4/25) PIT shooting 19.4% (6/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌌North Stars
Brian Hayward
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 45:42 TOI
Jon Casey
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 13:41 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI
Frank Pietrangelo
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 40:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
North Stars
North Stars — tied after 1st: 49-43-9 (49% win rate, 101 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 58-38-6 (57% win rate, 102 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
North Stars
North Stars — tied after 2nd: 49-43-9 (49% win rate, 101 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 58-38-6 (57% win rate, 102 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 21, 1991
🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS
5–3 · Penguins won
May 19, 1991
🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS
1–3 · North Stars won
May 17, 1991
🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · Penguins won
May 15, 1991
🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT
5–4 · North Stars won
Dec 20, 1990
🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · Penguins won

❓ MNS vs PIT, answered

Who won North Stars vs Penguins on May 23, 1991?

Penguins won 6–4.

What was the final score of North Stars vs Penguins?

The final score was North Stars 4, Penguins 6.

How did the North Stars goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is North Stars vs Penguins played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🌌North Stars
Previous game · May 21
🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS
5–3 · PIT won
Next game · May 25
🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS
8–0 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · May 21
🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS
5–3 · PIT won
Next game · May 25
🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS
8–0 · PIT won
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