Hartford Whalers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, October 11, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 4–1 on Thursday, October 11, 1979 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Whalers 30–27.
Goals came from Brad Maxwell, Bobby Smith, Steve Payne, Gordie Roberts and Kent-Erik Andersson.
Gary Edwards made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Maxwell (1)Unassisted0–105:22 MNS
Bobby Smith (1)Craig Hartsburg (1), Al MacAdam (1)0–217:50 MNS · 
Steve Payne (1)Craig Hartsburg (2), Gary Sargent (1)0–319:21 MNS ·
3rd period
Gordie Roberts (1)Mike Rogers (1)1–314:15 HFD
Kent-Erik Andersson (1)Tim Young (1), Brad Maxwell (1)1–418:15 MNS
Team stats
HFDMNS
2730
0%0%
0/62/7
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:32 into the first period
Fred Barrett · hooking2 min - 5:40 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · holding2 min
- 13:32 into the first period
Al Hangsleben · tripping2 min - 17:05 into the first periodNick Fotiu · high sticking2 min
- 17:05 into the first periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodRick Ley · slashing2 min
- 5:09 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · slashing2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodGary Sargent · holding2 min
- 10:17 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:56 into the second periodSteve Payne · holding2 min
- 3:37 into the third periodTom Younghans · holding2 min
- 7:52 into the third periodCharles Luksa · holding2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodMike Antonovich · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Mike AntonovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Charles LuksaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35John GarrettG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |