Minnesota North Stars vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, October 31, 1979 · Detroit Olympia
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Wednesday, October 31, 1979 at Detroit Olympia. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 29–25.
Al MacAdam scored twice. Mike Foligno, Dennis Sobchuk, Paul Shmyr, Craig Hartsburg, Peter Mahovlich and Tom McCarthy also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Foligno (3)Barry Long (1), Willie Huber (3)0–107:15 DET
Dennis Sobchuk (1)Unassisted0–212:38 DET
Paul Shmyr (1)Bobby Smith (9), Al MacAdam (7)1–215:11 MNS
2nd period
Al MacAdam (2)Brad Maxwell (7), Per-Olov Brasar (3)2–202:20 MNS · 
Craig Hartsburg (3)Bobby Smith (10), Gary Sargent (4)3–210:00 MNS ·
3rd period
Peter Mahovlich (2)Reed Larson (5)3–307:00 DET- Al MacAdam (3)Steve Payne (5), Bobby Smith (11)4–310:06 MNS
Tom McCarthy (3)Glen Sharpley (6), Ron Zanussi (2)5–311:05 MNS
Team stats
MNSDET
2529
0%0%
2/50/4
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:12 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · cross checking2 min - 0:52 into the second period
Perry Miller · interference2 min - 5:49 into the second periodErrol Thompson · tripping2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodDennis Polonich · slashing2 min
- 10:32 into the second periodDennis Polonich · roughing2 min
- 10:32 into the second periodMike Polich · roughing2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodTom McCarthy · holding2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodErrol Thompson · hooking2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodAl MacAdam · hooking2 min
- 11:23 into the third periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
- 17:38 into the third periodPerry Miller · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Dennis SobchukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin SchamehornR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Thommie BergmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 30Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – |