Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, October 13, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 on Saturday, October 13, 1979 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Blackhawks 29–17.
Bobby Smith scored twice. Ted Bulley, Ron Zanussi, Gary Sargent and Glen Sharpley also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ted Bulley (1)Keith Brown (1), Tom Lysiak (1)1–003:15 CHI
Ron Zanussi (1)Glen Sharpley (1)1–114:11 MNS
Gary Sargent (1)Bobby Smith (1), Steve Payne (1)1–217:29 MNS ·
2nd period
Bobby Smith (2)Gary Sargent (2)1–315:16 MNS ·
3rd period
Glen Sharpley (1)Kris Manery (1), Bobby Smith (2)1–401:56 MNS · - Bobby Smith (3)Al MacAdam (2), Steve Payne (2)1–506:42 MNS
Team stats
CHIMNS
1729
0%0%
0/53/8
2721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:03 into the first period
Steve Payne · hooking2 min - 8:22 into the first period
Bob Murray · tripping2 min - 16:00 into the first periodMike O'connell · holding2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodRon Zanussi · hooking2 min
- 2:16 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodStan Mikita · high sticking2 min
- 8:28 into the second periodGreg Fox · interference2 min
- 12:56 into the second periodGlen Sharpley · tripping2 min
- 14:56 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · interference2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · elbowing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:07 into the third periodTom McCarthy · tripping2 min
- 14:45 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 14:45 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 14:45 into the third periodFred Barrett · high sticking2 min
- 14:45 into the third periodFred Barrett · roughing2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodJohn Marks · high sticking2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodJohn Marks · fighting5 min
- 17:29 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · fighting5 min
- 18:00 into the third periodStan Mikita · tripping2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Harold PhillipoffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Cliff KorollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan MikitaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |