Minnesota North Stars vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Wednesday, February 4, 1981 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–2 on Wednesday, February 4, 1981 at Le Colisée. The North Stars outshot the Nordiques 30–27.
Jacques Richard scored twice. Robbie Ftorek, Steve Payne, Dale Hunter, Craig Hartsburg, Real Cloutier and Wally Weir also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Robbie Ftorek (11)Dale Hunter (26), Jacques Richard (28)0–113:52 QUE ·
2nd period
Jacques Richard (31)Michel Goulet (21), Garry Lariviere (10)0–202:44 QUE
Steve Payne (20)Bobby Smith (39), Tom McCarthy (20)1–211:43 MNS- Jacques Richard (32)Marc Tardif (10), Peter Stastny (40)1–317:00 QUE ·
Dale Hunter (13)Unassisted1–418:37 QUE
Craig Hartsburg (7)Tom McCarthy (21), Paul Shmyr (7)2–419:38 MNS
3rd period
Real Cloutier (2)Peter Stastny (41)2–502:32 QUE
Wally Weir (4)Peter Stastny (42)2–619:09 QUE
Team stats
MNSQUE
3027
0%0%
0/62/4
1721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:22 into the first period
Al MacAdam · slashing2 min - 11:45 into the first period
Robbie Ftorek · tripping2 min - 12:39 into the first periodTom McCarthy · holding2 min
- 15:12 into the first periodPierre Lacroix · tripping2 min
- 5:27 into the second periodDale Hunter · hooking2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodGordie Roberts · roughing2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 14:15 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:37 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · tripping2 min
- 17:00 into the second periodDon Beaupre · delaying game2 min
- 17:36 into the second periodGaston Therrien · cross checking2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodSteve Payne · roughing2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodSteve Payne · fighting5 min
- 13:28 into the third periodDave Pichette · roughing2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodDave Pichette · fighting5 min
- 13:28 into the third periodWally Weir · elbowing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Rob FlockhartR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 23Jacques RichardL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Serge BernierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Gaston TherrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |