Minnesota North Stars vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–2 on Tuesday, December 23, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 29–28.
Steve Christoff scored a hat trick and Kent-Erik Andersson scored twice. Mike Foligno, John Ogrodnick and Tom McCarthy also scored.
Don Beaupre made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Christoff (3)Tom McCarthy (11), Bobby Smith (22)1–016:15 MNS · 
Mike Foligno (16)Reed Larson (14), Dale McCourt (23)1–116:47 DET
John Ogrodnick (17)Mike Foligno (16), Dale McCourt (24)1–219:25 DET
2nd period
- Steve Christoff (4)Mike Eaves (7)2–206:16 MNS
Kent-Erik Andersson (6)Brad Palmer (1), Curt Giles (8)3–211:27 MNS · - Kent-Erik Andersson (7)Mike Polich (3)4–217:30 MNS
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (14)Craig Hartsburg (12), Al MacAdam (20)5–209:14 MNS- Steve Christoff (5)Mike Eaves (8), Gordie Roberts (12)6–219:30 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSDET
2829
0%0%
2/40/3
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:22 into the first period
Curt Giles · hooking2 min - 11:29 into the first period
Jim Korn · holding2 min - 14:52 into the first periodJim Korn · elbowing2 min
- 3:00 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodGlenn Hicks · fighting5 min
- 6:26 into the second periodPerry Miller · holding2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodSteve Christoff · fighting5 min
- 9:33 into the second periodGilles Gilbert · interference2 min
- 13:42 into the second periodPerry Miller · slashing2 min
- 13:42 into the second periodTom McCarthy · high sticking2 min
- 13:13 into the third periodMike Eaves · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |