Philadelphia Flyers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–2 on Saturday, March 8, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Flyers outshot the North Stars 31–24.
Goals came from Brian Propp, Ken Linseman, Mel Bridgman, Bobby Clarke, Steve Christoff, Paul Holmgren, Reggie Leach and Mike Eaves.
Pete Peeters made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Propp (28)Ken Linseman (44), Paul Holmgren (25)1–007:01 PHI · 
Ken Linseman (16)Bill Barber (28), Rick MacLeish (30)2–014:55 PHI
2nd period
Mel Bridgman (14)Tom Gorence (12), Brian Propp (30)3–002:15 PHI
3rd period
Bobby Clarke (10)Reggie Leach (23)4–006:53 PHI
Steve Christoff (1)Tom McCarthy (15), Mike Eaves (18)4–107:11 MNS
Paul Holmgren (22)Ken Linseman (45), Behn Wilson (20)5–112:30 PHI
Reggie Leach (41)Bobby Clarke (46)6–115:51 PHI · 
Mike Eaves (12)Tim Young (36)6–216:29 MNS ·
Team stats
PHIMNS
3124
0%0%
1/31/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:15 into the first period
Paul Shmyr · tripping2 min - 9:10 into the first period
Mike Busniuk · holding2 min - 12:26 into the first periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 18:56 into the first periodRon Zanussi · interference2 min
- 19:21 into the first periodTom Younghans · tripping2 min
- 8:32 into the second periodMike Busniuk · tripping2 min
- 16:25 into the second periodBob Dailey · hooking2 min
- 15:06 into the third periodBehn Wilson · hooking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Bob DaileyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dan ChicoineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rob FlockhartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |