Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 10, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota North Stars 7–2 on Wednesday, December 10, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Kings outshot the North Stars 36–26.
Marcel Dionne scored twice, Bobby Smith scored twice and Charlie Simmer scored twice. Billy Harris, Steve Jensen and Glenn Goldup also scored.
Mario Lessard made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 29 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Marcel Dionne (21)Jay Wells (4)1–006:29 LAK
Billy Harris (8)Unassisted2–009:03 LAK · 
Bobby Smith (13)Tim Young (20)2–119:55 MNS ·
2nd period
- Bobby Smith (14)Al MacAdam (17), Steve Payne (12)2–200:59 MNS
Charlie Simmer (28)Dave Taylor (25), Larry Murphy (26)3–202:46 LAK · 
Steve Jensen (7)Unassisted4–217:04 LAK- Marcel Dionne (22)Unassisted5–217:14 LAK
3rd period
Glenn Goldup (3)Dave Taylor (26), Dan Bonar (4)6–211:15 LAK- Charlie Simmer (29)Unassisted7–218:52 LAK
Team stats
LAKMNS
3626
0%0%
1/41/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:57 into the first period
Larry Murphy · cross checking2 min - 1:21 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · interference2 min - 8:15 into the first periodCharlie Simmer · elbowing2 min
- 14:14 into the first periodTim Young · holding2 min
- 18:24 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · tripping2 min
- 18:52 into the first periodBilly Harris · hooking2 min
- 2:25 into the second periodTom McCarthy · tripping2 min
- 8:42 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · roughing2 min
- 12:09 into the third periodDan Bonar · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 36 | 7 | .806 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |