Boston Bruins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, October 15, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Wednesday, October 15, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Bruins 48–29.
Bobby Smith scored twice. Tom McCarthy, Rick Middleton and Don Marcotte also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jim Craig stopped 45 of 48.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Smith (1)Al MacAdam (2), Steve Payne (2)0–108:48 MNS
2nd period
Tom McCarthy (2)Tim Young (2)0–204:55 MNS
Rick Middleton (3)Peter McNab (4), Brad Park (4)1–216:47 BOS ·
3rd period
- Bobby Smith (2)Gary Sargent (1)1–300:26 MNS
Don Marcotte (1)Peter McNab (5), Larry Melnyk (1)2–305:24 BOS
Team stats
BOSMNS
2948
0%0%
1/20/3
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:25 into the first period
Brad Park · hooking2 min - 19:06 into the first periodCraig MacTavish · high sticking2 min
- 19:06 into the first periodCraig MacTavish · roughing2 min
- 19:06 into the first period
Tom McCarthy · high sticking2 min - 19:06 into the first periodTom McCarthy · roughing2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodBob Miller · slashing2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodBob Miller · fighting5 min
- 5:33 into the second periodRon Zanussi · slashing2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodRon Zanussi · fighting5 min
- 12:19 into the second periodBrad Park · interference2 min
- 15:09 into the second periodFred Barrett · holding2 min
- 0:38 into the third periodFred Barrett · holding2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodStan Jonathan · high sticking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodStan Jonathan · roughing2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodCurt Giles · high sticking2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodCurt Giles · roughing2 min
- 16:57 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jim CraigG | L | 48 | 3 | .938 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |