Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Tuesday, March 18, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Tuesday, March 18, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Penguins 39–27.
Goals came from Rod Schutt, Steve Payne, Kent-Erik Andersson, Steve Christoff, Rick Kehoe, Russ Anderson and Craig Hartsburg.
Gary Edwards made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Schutt (15)Rick Kehoe (28), Mark Johnson (3)1–018:25 PIT ·
2nd period
Steve Payne (39)Al MacAdam (46), Craig Hartsburg (26)1–104:50 MNS · 
Kent-Erik Andersson (7)Tim Young (39)1–214:57 MNS
3rd period
Steve Christoff (4)Mike Eaves (21), Ron Zanussi (22)1–303:02 MNS
Rick Kehoe (25)Randy Carlyle (27), Ron Stackhouse (23)2–311:52 PIT · 
Russ Anderson (4)Gary McAdam (16), Pat Hughes (13)3–312:56 PIT
Craig Hartsburg (14)Tim Young (40), Curt Giles (6)3–418:08 MNS
Team stats
PITMNS
2739
0%0%
2/51/5
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:00 into the first period
Mark Johnson · holding2 min - 11:11 into the first periodGary McAdam · hooking2 min
- 16:46 into the first period
Steve Payne · elbowing2 min - 19:57 into the first periodTom Younghans · tripping2 min
- 2:53 into the second periodGregg Sheppard · holding2 min
- 6:38 into the second periodRod Schutt · tripping2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodDon Jackson · slashing2 min
- 18:09 into the second periodGreg Smith · tripping2 min
- 19:21 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · hooking2 min
- 9:12 into the third periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10David HansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |