Minnesota North Stars vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, November 29, 1979 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–4 on Thursday, November 29, 1979 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the North Stars 40–30.
Rick MacLeish scored twice. Mike Polich, Steve Payne, Al MacAdam, Paul Holmgren, Ken Linseman, Reggie Leach, Glen Sharpley and Bill Barber also scored.
Pete Peeters made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 34 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Polich (5)Per-Olov Brasar (11), Kent-Erik Andersson (4)1–000:38 MNS
Steve Payne (16)Mike Eaves (2), Craig Hartsburg (11)2–003:28 MNS · 
Rick MacLeish (14)Norm Barnes (12), Paul Holmgren (8)2–108:10 PHI
Al MacAdam (10)Steve Payne (9), Gary Sargent (10)3–110:00 MNS ·
2nd period
Paul Holmgren (8)Bill Barber (12), Behn Wilson (4)3–202:12 PHI- Rick MacLeish (15)Paul Holmgren (9)3–303:55 PHI
3rd period
Ken Linseman (7)Bill Barber (13)3–404:23 PHI
Reggie Leach (18)Bobby Clarke (20)3–506:14 PHI · 
Glen Sharpley (13)Unassisted4–510:20 MNS
Bill Barber (12)Norm Barnes (13)4–614:37 PHI
Team stats
MNSPHI
3040
0%0%
2/50/1
1321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:02 into the first period
Al Hill · high sticking2 min - 9:10 into the first periodNorm Barnes · slashing2 min
- 0:11 into the second period
Kent-Erik Andersson · delaying game2 min - 4:28 into the second periodMike Polich · slashing2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodNorm Barnes · slashing2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · roughing2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · fighting5 min
- 8:00 into the second periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodMel Bridgman · fighting5 min
- 10:00 into the second periodBehn Wilson · roughing2 min
- 18:00 into the second periodNorm Barnes · slashing2 min
- 4:47 into the third periodKen Linseman · tripping2 min
- 14:58 into the third periodMike Polich · holding2 min
- 14:58 into the third periodBobby Clarke · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 3 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 6 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 40 | 6 | .850 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 7Bill BarberL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Frank BatheD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |