Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 1980 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–2 on Saturday, March 15, 1980 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the North Stars 33–28.
Orest Kindrachuk scored twice. Al MacAdam, Paul Marshall, Mike Eaves, Rick Kehoe and Nick Libett also scored.
Nick Ricci made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Orest Kindrachuk (16)Rick Kehoe (26), Paul Marshall (7)0–119:40 PIT ·
2nd period
- Orest Kindrachuk (17)Mario Faubert (13), Paul Marshall (8)0–202:06 PIT
Al MacAdam (39)Steve Payne (37), Don Jackson (1)1–207:59 MNS
Paul Marshall (8)Rick Kehoe (27), Kim Clackson (3)1–310:32 PIT
3rd period
Mike Eaves (14)Tim Young (38)2–314:44 MNS
Rick Kehoe (24)Orest Kindrachuk (27), Ron Stackhouse (22)2–415:32 PIT
Nick Libett (13)George Ferguson (25), Orest Kindrachuk (28)2–519:36 PIT ·
Team stats
MNSPIT
2833
0%0%
0/61/4
815
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:01 into the first period
Rod Schutt · slashing2 min - 5:43 into the first periodKim Clackson · spearing5 min
- 8:59 into the first period
Ron Zanussi · tripping2 min - 15:58 into the first periodRod Schutt · hooking2 min
- 18:16 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 11:26 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · cross checking2 min
- 14:50 into the second periodDavid Hanson · elbowing2 min
- 15:49 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · tripping2 min
- 12:44 into the third periodPaul Marshall · hooking2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodAl MacAdam · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Don JacksonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Dan ChicoineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10David HansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Nick RicciG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |