Minnesota North Stars vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, February 24, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Minnesota North Stars 7–5 on Sunday, February 24, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 36–24.
Reed Larson scored twice and Dan Labraaten scored twice. Tom Younghans, Glenn Hicks, Al MacAdam, Willie Huber, Paul Woods, Steve Payne, Bobby Smith and David Hanson also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 19 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jean Levasseur stopped 29 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Reed Larson (14)George Lyle (3), Peter Mahovlich (40)0–100:54 DET
Tom Younghans (9)Mike Polich (12)1–102:15 MNS
Glenn Hicks (1)Brent Peterson (1)1–211:56 DET
Al MacAdam (36)Bobby Smith (42), Craig Hartsburg (22)2–213:08 MNS ·
2nd period
Willie Huber (13)Vaclav Nedomansky (30), Jim Korn (10)2–307:34 DET- Reed Larson (15)Mike Foligno (27), John Ogrodnick (13)2–409:42 DET
Paul Woods (6)Willie Huber (18), Jim Korn (11)2–513:15 DET
3rd period
Steve Payne (34)Craig Hartsburg (23), Bobby Smith (43)3–501:07 MNS
Dan Labraaten (24)Brent Peterson (2), Peter Mahovlich (41)3–606:12 DET- Dan Labraaten (25)Mike Foligno (28), Vaclav Nedomansky (31)3–711:26 DET
Bobby Smith (18)Brad Maxwell (26), Fred Barrett (11)4–713:37 MNS
David Hanson (1)Tom Younghans (5), Mike Polich (13)5–716:47 MNS
Team stats
MNSDET
2436
0%0%
1/20/2
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:53 into the first period
Mike Foligno · fighting5 min - 7:53 into the first period
David Hanson · fighting5 min - 9:13 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 12:21 into the first periodDennis Polonich · slashing2 min
- 14:40 into the first periodFred Barrett · hooking2 min
- 16:15 into the second periodGlenn Hicks · fighting5 min
- 16:15 into the second periodGreg Smith · fighting5 min
- 18:59 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10David HansonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dan ChicoineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Rob FlockhartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Tony WhiteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Jon FontasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jean LevasseurG | L | 36 | 7 | .806 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 27Brent PetersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Dan BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Thommie BergmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | W | 24 | 5 | .792 |