Quebec Nordiques vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Quebec Nordiques 7–1 on Saturday, January 17, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Nordiques 43–36.
Bobby Smith scored a hat trick. Alain Cote, Kent-Erik Andersson, Ron Zanussi, Gary Sargent and Tim Young also scored.
Don Beaupre made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Michel Plasse stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Alain Cote (4)Serge Bernier (5), Marc Tardif (8)1–011:06 QUE
Bobby Smith (18)Craig Hartsburg (15), Al MacAdam (27)1–112:43 MNS · 
Kent-Erik Andersson (11)Unassisted1–213:50 MNS · 
Ron Zanussi (6)Mike Eaves (13), Steve Christoff (2)1–317:06 MNS
2nd period
- Bobby Smith (19)Paul Shmyr (6), Ken Solheim (1)1–410:38 MNS
3rd period
Gary Sargent (4)Bobby Smith (32)1–500:38 MNS- Bobby Smith (20)Al MacAdam (28), Steve Payne (16)1–608:08 MNS ·
Tim Young (14)Tom McCarthy (15), Kent-Erik Andersson (16)1–711:12 MNS
Team stats
QUEMNS
3643
0%0%
0/42/4
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:20 into the first period
Mike Eaves · tripping2 min - 8:19 into the first periodGreg Smith · fighting5 min
- 8:19 into the first period
John Paddock · fighting5 min - 11:19 into the first periodSerge Bernier · holding2 min
- 13:20 into the first periodRon Zanussi · interference2 min
- 0:20 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · holding2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · slashing2 min
- 12:28 into the second periodTerry Johnson · roughing2 min
- 6:33 into the third periodJohn Paddock · cross checking2 min
- 13:19 into the third periodKim Clackson · roughing2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Serge BernierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12John PaddockR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kim ClacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 31Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 35Ron GrahameG | 16 | 2 | .875 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |