Minnesota North Stars vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, February 8, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (2)Bobby Smith (42), Steve Payne (20)1–004:40 MNS · 
Kent-Erik Andersson (13)Tim Young (28)2–011:45 MNS ·
2nd period
Don Maloney (19)Eddie Johnstone (26)2–102:38 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (20)Ron Greschner (28), Mike Allison (22)2–208:27 NYR · 
Nick Fotiu (7)Dave Silk (11), Ulf Nilsson (13)2–310:13 NYR
Craig Hartsburg (9)Kent-Erik Andersson (18)3–312:04 MNS
Team stats
MNSNYR
2335
0%0%
1/101/7
2026
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:16 into the first period
Ed Hospodar · hooking2 min - 5:33 into the first period
Greg Smith · holding2 min - 6:11 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · holding2 min
- 8:36 into the first periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 11:36 into the first periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
- 12:23 into the first periodTom Younghans · holding2 min
- 14:01 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · holding2 min
- 2:56 into the second periodTom Younghans · tripping2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodGreg Smith · high sticking2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodDon Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 5:38 into the second periodDave Maloney · cross checking2 min
- 6:10 into the second periodBarry Beck · high sticking2 min
- 6:36 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · hooking2 min
- 7:35 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodSteve Payne · boarding2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodBarry Beck · roughing2 min
- 14:41 into the second periodNick Fotiu · charging2 min
- 13:37 into the third periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodTim Young · hooking2 min
- 16:32 into the third periodUlf Nilsson · holding2 min
- 19:21 into the third periodGreg Smith · roughing2 min
- 19:21 into the third periodDon Maloney · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | T | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Gary BurnsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | T | 23 | 3 | .870 |