Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, January 19, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–4 on Saturday, January 19, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 37–35.
Goals came from Dale McCourt, Craig Hartsburg, Gary Sargent, John Ogrodnick, Peter Mahovlich, Mike Polich, Willie Huber, Dan Labraaten and Mike Fidler.
Rogie Vachon made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Dale McCourt (18)Vaclav Nedomansky (21)1–011:57 DET
2nd period
Craig Hartsburg (9)Glen Sharpley (22), Greg Smith (4)1–113:52 MNS
Gary Sargent (11)Unassisted1–219:21 MNS
3rd period
John Ogrodnick (1)Reed Larson (28), Dale McCourt (28)2–201:37 DET
Peter Mahovlich (10)Reed Larson (29), Vaclav Nedomansky (22)3–208:42 DET
Mike Polich (9)Glen Sharpley (23), Bobby Smith (26)3–310:54 MNS
Willie Huber (7)Peter Mahovlich (31), Dan Labraaten (22)4–311:47 DET
Dan Labraaten (19)Vaclav Nedomansky (23)5–312:06 DET
Mike Fidler (5)Ron Zanussi (13)5–417:48 MNS
Team stats
DETMNS
3735
0%0%
0/30/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:51 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · hooking2 min - 7:09 into the first period
Greg Joly · hooking2 min - 9:32 into the first periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 17:33 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · cross checking2 min
- 0:48 into the second periodDennis Polonich · roughing2 min
- 2:38 into the second periodGreg Smith · tripping2 min
- 4:59 into the second periodJohn Ogrodnick · interference2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29John HilworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10David HansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |