Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, January 12, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 on Monday, January 12, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the North Stars 24–10.
Goals came from Steve Payne, Tom McCarthy, Peter McNab, Dwight Foster, Ron Friest, Rick Middleton and Ray Bourque.
Rogie Vachon made 7 saves on 10 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
2nd period
Steve Payne (17)Bobby Smith (31), Tim Young (24)1–002:13 MNS · 
Tom McCarthy (17)Kent-Erik Andersson (15)2–003:27 MNS
Peter McNab (20)Brad Park (27)2–109:42 BOS · 
Dwight Foster (11)Brad McCrimmon (11), Jean Ratelle (14)2–211:31 BOS
3rd period
Ron Friest (1)Gordie Roberts (18)3–211:02 MNS
Rick Middleton (17)Unassisted3–311:13 BOS
Ray Bourque (9)Wayne Cashman (18), Keith Crowder (5)3–418:00 BOS
Team stats
MNSBOS
1024
0%0%
1/51/3
2327
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:01 into the first period
Ray Bourque · high sticking2 min - 7:05 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · interference2 min - 11:05 into the first periodMike Eaves · interference2 min
- 16:48 into the first periodMike O'connell · interference2 min
- 18:01 into the first periodDon Marcotte · high sticking2 min
- 1:40 into the second periodRay Bourque · slashing2 min
- 3:52 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · fighting5 min
- 3:52 into the second periodJack Carlson · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the second periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the second periodGordie Roberts · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the second periodRon Friest · fighting5 min
- 7:50 into the second periodWayne Cashman · roughing2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodFred Barrett · roughing2 min
- 8:43 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · tripping2 min
- 17:21 into the second periodSteve Kasper · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Ron FriestL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 10 | 3 | .700 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – |