Toronto Maple Leafs vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, December 15, 1980 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–3 on Monday, December 15, 1980 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Maple Leafs outshot the North Stars 46–45.
Dan Maloney scored a hat trick. Terry Martin, John Anderson, Tom McCarthy, Craig Hartsburg, Al MacAdam and Rick Vaive also scored.
Jiri Crha made 42 saves on 45 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 40 of 45.
Scoring
1st period
Dan Maloney (10)Rick Vaive (8)1–005:29 TOR
Terry Martin (1)Ron Ellis (1), Darryl Sittler (14)2–010:15 TOR
John Anderson (11)Borje Salming (28), Ron Ellis (2)3–011:00 TOR
Tom McCarthy (12)Kent-Erik Andersson (12), Fred Barrett (6)3–112:13 MNS
Craig Hartsburg (4)Tim Young (21)3–218:02 MNS ·
2nd period
- Dan Maloney (11)Robert Picard (7)4–200:20 TOR
3rd period
- Dan Maloney (12)Bruce Boudreau (2), Rick Vaive (9)5–206:33 TOR
Al MacAdam (9)Steve Payne (13), Fred Barrett (7)5–308:24 MNS
Rick Vaive (15)Borje Salming (29)6–319:37 TOR ·
Team stats
TORMNS
4645
0%0%
0/41/6
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:08 into the first period
Pat Hickey · tripping2 min - 15:39 into the first periodPaul Marshall · holding2 min
- 17:04 into the first periodDarryl Sittler · high sticking2 min
- 4:45 into the second period
Greg Smith · hooking2 min - 7:49 into the second periodBarry Melrose · interference2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodFred Barrett · interference2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodBorje Salming · hooking2 min
- 1:37 into the third periodRick Vaive · interference2 min
- 2:41 into the third periodSteve Payne · holding2 min
- 9:54 into the third periodPaul Shmyr · tripping2 min
- 12:43 into the third periodAl MacAdam · high sticking2 min
- 12:43 into the third periodDave Shand · high sticking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | W | 45 | 3 | .933 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 45 | 5 | .889 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |