Minnesota North Stars vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 1979 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 on Saturday, December 29, 1979 at The Forum. The North Stars outshot the Kings 28–24.
Goals came from Syl Apps, Glenn Goldup, Rob Palmer, Marcel Dionne, Mike Polich, Glen Sharpley and Craig Hartsburg.
Ron Grahame made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Syl Apps (3)Steve Carlson (8)0–105:27 LAK
Glenn Goldup (4)Butch Goring (30), Barry Gibbs (8)0–207:19 LAK
2nd period
Rob Palmer (3)Butch Goring (31), Mike Murphy (11)0–301:50 LAK
3rd period
Marcel Dionne (28)Unassisted0–404:27 LAK
Mike Polich (7)Unassisted1–408:11 MNS
Glen Sharpley (17)Mike Fidler (4)2–416:07 MNS
Craig Hartsburg (5)Mike Eaves (7)3–419:40 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSLAK
2824
0%0%
1/50/2
410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:44 into the first period
Butch Goring · cross checking2 min - 17:52 into the first period
Greg Smith · hooking2 min - 8:49 into the second periodBrad Selwood · hooking2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodBrad Selwood · hooking2 min
- 17:16 into the third periodDoug Halward · hooking2 min
- 17:32 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · tripping2 min
- 19:24 into the third periodBrad Selwood · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Randy ManeryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brad SelwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick HamptonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron GrahameG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |