Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, January 28, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars 3–1 on Wednesday, January 28, 1981 at Civic Arena. The North Stars outshot the Penguins 43–30.
Goals came from Paul Gardner, Rod Schutt, Ron Stackhouse and Craig Hartsburg.
Greg Millen made 42 saves on 43 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gardner (18)Rick Kehoe (20), Randy Carlyle (48)0–103:50 PIT
3rd period
Rod Schutt (18)Greg Malone (15), Peter Lee (17)0–206:24 PIT
Ron Stackhouse (4)Randy Carlyle (49), Paul Gardner (20)0–313:30 PIT · 
Craig Hartsburg (6)Steve Payne (19), Gary Sargent (6)1–317:34 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSPIT
4330
0%0%
1/61/5
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:08 into the first period
Paul Gardner · hooking2 min - 6:32 into the first period
Greg Smith · interference2 min - 9:37 into the first periodAl MacAdam · hooking2 min
- 3:45 into the second periodPaul Baxter · roughing2 min
- 4:52 into the second periodAl MacAdam · high sticking2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodGreg Malone · hooking2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodPaul Gardner · hooking2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodFred Barrett · roughing2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodRod Schutt · high sticking2 min
- 6:56 into the third periodGreg Smith · cross checking2 min
- 7:21 into the third periodPeter Lee · elbowing2 min
- 11:38 into the third periodGreg Smith · roughing2 min
- 11:38 into the third periodGreg Malone · high sticking2 min
- 12:49 into the third periodGary Sargent · holding2 min
- 15:48 into the third periodErrol Thompson · interference2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Jon FontasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 43 | 1 | .977 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |