Minnesota North Stars vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 1, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Monday, December 1, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the North Stars 28–15.
Goals came from Anders Hedberg, Bobby Smith, Don Maloney, Steve Payne, Kent-Erik Andersson, Tim Young, Mike Allison and Tom McCarthy.
Don Beaupre made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 10 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Anders Hedberg (13)Unassisted0–101:53 NYR
Bobby Smith (11)Steve Payne (11), Al MacAdam (14)1–114:37 MNS ·
2nd period
Don Maloney (2)Walt Tkaczuk (6), Eddie Johnstone (7)1–211:49 NYR
Steve Payne (11)Fred Barrett (4), Bobby Smith (15)2–215:46 MNS
Kent-Erik Andersson (5)Tom McCarthy (10), Tim Young (17)3–215:54 MNS
3rd period
Tim Young (9)Bobby Smith (16), Al MacAdam (15)4–202:02 MNS · 
Mike Allison (8)Jere Gillis (6), Anders Hedberg (11)4–307:26 NYR · 
Tom McCarthy (11)Tim Young (18)5–319:51 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSNYR
1528
0%0%
2/71/6
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:36 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · interference2 min - 6:58 into the first period
Tom Younghans · interference2 min - 7:42 into the first periodPhil Esposito · hooking2 min
- 8:17 into the first periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 13:57 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · tripping2 min
- 19:38 into the first periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 2:39 into the second periodFred Barrett · interference2 min
- 4:39 into the second periodCarol Vadnais · high sticking2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
- 1:39 into the third periodBarry Beck · boarding2 min
- 5:32 into the third periodFred Barrett · interference2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodDon Beaupre · roughing2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodDon Maloney · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 13:57 into the third periodGreg Smith · roughing2 min
- 13:57 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · roughing2 min
- 15:13 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · slashing2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | L | 14 | 4 | .714 |