Minnesota North Stars vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, January 29, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Scoring
1st period
Mike Foligno (21)John Ogrodnick (23), Brent Peterson (8)0–112:59 DET ·
2nd period
Al MacAdam (14)Greg Smith (15), Gordie Roberts (22)1–104:51 MNS · 
Brent Peterson (2)Willie Huber (22), Joe Paterson (2)1–205:25 DET
3rd period
Steve Payne (19)Bobby Smith (38), Gary Sargent (7)2–201:40 MNS
Mike Eaves (8)Tom McCarthy (19), Gordie Roberts (23)3–212:07 MNS
Reed Larson (20)Dale McCourt (31), Mike Foligno (19)3–315:05 DET
Team stats
MNSDET
3532
0%0%
1/51/3
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:08 into the first period
Perry Miller · cross checking2 min - 12:03 into the first period
Fred Barrett · holding2 min - 16:56 into the first periodMike Blaisdell · hooking2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodPerry Miller · interference2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 10:52 into the second periodWillie Huber · cross checking2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodGreg Smith · interference2 min
- 2:31 into the third periodWillie Huber · high sticking2 min
- 19:32 into the third periodMark Kirton · slashing2 min
- 19:32 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 24Joe ContiniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | T | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 12Brent PetersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | T | 35 | 3 | .914 |