Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, March 1, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–1 on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Blackhawks outshot the North Stars 32–31.
Ted Bulley scored twice. Tom Lysiak, Tim Young and Rich Preston also scored.
Tony Esposito made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Ted Bulley (9)Mike O'connell (18), Tim Higgins (8)1–002:56 CHI
Tom Lysiak (19)Unassisted2–008:29 CHI
2nd period
Tim Young (24)Rob Flockhart (3), Dan Chicoine (2)2–111:02 MNS
Rich Preston (24)Tom Lysiak (30), Doug Wilson (40)3–118:43 CHI ·
3rd period
- Ted Bulley (10)Dave Hutchison (9), Doug Lecuyer (7)4–108:04 CHI
Team stats
CHIMNS
3231
0%0%
1/20/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:13 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · high sticking2 min - 9:20 into the first period
Ted Bulley · holding2 min - 19:06 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · hooking2 min
- 3:33 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · interference2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodTony White · hooking2 min
- 4:09 into the third periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Alain DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tim TrimperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 14Dan ChicoineR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Rob FlockhartR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Tony WhiteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 30Steve JanaszakG | 0 | 0 | – |