Minnesota North Stars vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 1979 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 3–1 on Saturday, December 15, 1979 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the North Stars 25–20.
Al MacAdam scored twice. Tom McCarthy and Rick Lapointe also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Al MacAdam (11)Steve Payne (15), Craig Hartsburg (14)1–010:03 MNS ·
2nd period
- Al MacAdam (12)Mike Eaves (3), Tom McCarthy (9)2–019:12 MNS ·
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (7)Fred Barrett (3)3–001:08 MNS
Rick Lapointe (5)Bernie Federko (24), Blair Chapman (4)3–116:10 STL
Team stats
MNSSTL
2025
0%0%
2/50/4
1820
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:55 into the first period
Kris Manery · hooking2 min - 5:31 into the first periodRon Zanussi · fighting5 min
- 5:31 into the first period
Perry Turnbull · fighting5 min - 8:25 into the first periodWayne Babych · tripping2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · high sticking2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodWayne Babych · hooking2 min
- 4:39 into the second periodTim Young · interference2 min
- 9:15 into the second periodSteve Payne · slashing2 min
- 10:57 into the second periodFred Barrett · fighting5 min
- 10:57 into the second periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 12:39 into the second periodJack Brownschidle · tripping2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodEd Kea · holding2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodTom Younghans · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Chuck LefleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Neil KomadoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |