Calgary Flames vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, January 26, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Calgary Flames 3–2 on Monday, January 26, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Flames 31–24.
Kevin Lavallee scored twice. Ken Solheim, Gordie Roberts and Bobby Smith also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Solheim (4)Tom McCarthy (17), Mike Eaves (16)0–104:30 MNS
Kevin Lavallee (10)Bob MacMillan (16), Guy Chouinard (16)1–108:20 CGY
2nd period
Gordie Roberts (5)Tom McCarthy (18), Bobby Smith (37)1–206:58 MNS · 
Bobby Smith (23)Tom Younghans (4), Curt Giles (13)1–318:27 MNS
3rd period
- Kevin Lavallee (11)Kent Nilsson (49), Pekka Rautakallio (33)2–317:06 CGY ·
Team stats
CGYMNS
2431
0%0%
1/31/5
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:21 into the first period
Eric Vail · tripping2 min - 16:52 into the first periodWilli Plett · cross checking2 min
- 5:31 into the second periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 5:31 into the second period
Paul Shmyr · roughing2 min - 5:37 into the second periodBob MacMillan · hooking2 min
- 14:51 into the second periodJack Carlson · tripping2 min
- 19:12 into the second periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodPhil Russell · hooking2 min
- 12:24 into the third periodKevin Lavallee · hooking2 min
- 16:23 into the third periodTom Younghans · hooking2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Alex McKendryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gordon WappelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tony CurtaleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |