Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, November 1, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Saturday, November 1, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Penguins 42–26.
Bobby Smith scored twice. Kent-Erik Andersson, Rod Schutt, Mike Eaves, George Ferguson, Mark Johnson, Tom McCarthy and Steve Payne also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 36 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Kent-Erik Andersson (2)Unassisted0–103:26 MNS
Rod Schutt (5)Peter Lee (4), Pat Hughes (3)1–117:17 PIT
Bobby Smith (6)Steve Payne (4), Craig Hartsburg (2)1–219:36 MNS ·
2nd period
Mike Eaves (2)Mike Fidler (4), Curt Giles (5)1–310:41 MNS ·
3rd period
George Ferguson (4)Randy Carlyle (12)2–300:21 PIT
Mark Johnson (2)Rod Schutt (6), Russ Anderson (7)3–301:20 PIT- Bobby Smith (7)Steve Payne (5), Gary Sargent (3)3–411:28 MNS ·
Tom McCarthy (4)Kent-Erik Andersson (2), Paul Shmyr (2)3–517:12 MNS
Steve Payne (4)Unassisted3–618:40 MNS ·
Team stats
PITMNS
2642
0%0%
0/53/6
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:33 into the first period
Bobby Smith · tripping2 min - 9:52 into the first period
Randy Carlyle · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 9:52 into the first periodPat Hughes · interference2 min
- 14:59 into the first periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 18:03 into the first periodGilles Lupien · high sticking2 min
- 0:31 into the second periodGary Sargent · interference2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodCurt Giles · holding2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodPat Hughes · holding2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · fighting5 min
- 19:02 into the second periodPat Hughes · fighting5 min
- 5:18 into the third periodMario Faubert · hooking2 min
- 9:41 into the third periodRuss Anderson · holding2 min
- 11:41 into the third periodRon Zanussi · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 23Rod SchuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 41 | 5 | .878 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |