Quebec Nordiques vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, October 22, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Quebec Nordiques 4–2 on Wednesday, October 22, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Nordiques 38–23.
Bobby Smith scored twice. Dale Hoganson, Jacques Richard, Kent-Erik Andersson and Fred Barrett also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Hoganson (1)Marc Tardif (4), Dale Hunter (8)1–003:09 QUE · 
Jacques Richard (8)Jamie Hislop (4)2–016:48 QUE
2nd period
Kent-Erik Andersson (1)Bobby Smith (4), Brad Maxwell (3)2–104:20 MNS
Bobby Smith (3)Craig Hartsburg (1), Al MacAdam (5)2–217:02 MNS · 
Fred Barrett (1)Tim Young (4), Tom McCarthy (2)2–319:49 MNS
3rd period
- Bobby Smith (4)Steve Payne (3), Al MacAdam (6)2–409:21 MNS
Team stats
QUEMNS
2338
0%0%
1/41/5
2422
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:19 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · charging2 min - 0:19 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · slashing2 min
- 0:19 into the first period
John Paddock · slashing2 min - 11:37 into the first periodKim Clackson · interference2 min
- 19:51 into the first periodPierre Lacroix · holding2 min
- 11:24 into the second periodJohn Paddock · hooking2 min
- 16:45 into the second periodJacques Richard · hooking2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodRon Zanussi · fighting5 min
- 17:26 into the second periodLee Norwood · fighting5 min
- 2:24 into the third periodGlen Sharpley · tripping2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodBobby Smith · cross checking2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodJacques Richard · slashing2 min
- 4:38 into the third periodTom McCarthy · fighting5 min
- 4:38 into the third periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 5:16 into the third periodPierre Lacroix · holding2 min
- 11:12 into the third periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodGlen Sharpley · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Rich LeducC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12John PaddockR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michel DionG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |