Edmonton Oilers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 5, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–1 on Wednesday, December 5, 1979 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Oilers 34–24.
Tim Young scored twice and Steve Payne scored twice. Stan Weir, Mike Eaves and Tom Younghans also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Stan Weir (12)Dave Hunter (8), Kevin Lowe (2)1–003:00 EDM
Tim Young (7)Steve Payne (11), Fred Barrett (1)1–103:26 MNS
Mike Eaves (3)Gary Sargent (11), Steve Payne (12)1–214:19 MNS ·
2nd period
Steve Payne (18)Tim Young (10), Al MacAdam (19)1–307:36 MNS
Tom Younghans (2)Paul Shmyr (10)1–411:41 MNS
3rd period
- Tim Young (8)Brad Maxwell (13), Craig Hartsburg (12)1–506:56 MNS
- Steve Payne (19)Per-Olov Brasar (13)1–610:11 MNS ·
Team stats
EDMMNS
2434
0%0%
0/42/3
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:20 into the first period
Kent-Erik Andersson · hooking2 min - 13:35 into the first period
Mark Messier · roughing2 min - 14:50 into the first periodRon Zanussi · hooking2 min
- 18:29 into the first periodFred Barrett · hooking2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodDoug Hicks · roughing2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodSteve Payne · roughing2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodRisto Siltanen · hooking2 min
- 10:25 into the third periodFred Barrett · interference2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodPat Price · slashing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Alex TideyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 26Steve PayneL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |