Toronto Maple Leafs vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, February 12, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 on Thursday, February 12, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Maple Leafs 37–30.
Goals came from Bruce Boudreau, Bill Derlago, John Anderson, Tom McCarthy, Terry Martin, Greg Smith and Dino Ciccarelli.
Jim Rutherford made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Bruce Boudreau (5)Dave Farrish (12), Pat Hickey (23)1–002:23 TOR
Bill Derlago (21)Dan Maloney (15), Rick Vaive (23)2–013:26 TOR
John Anderson (17)Rocky Saganiuk (15)3–014:15 TOR
2nd period
Tom McCarthy (19)Steve Christoff (5), Gordie Roberts (26)3–104:26 MNS · 
Terry Martin (9)Wilf Paiement (35), Darryl Sittler (29)4–115:02 TOR
3rd period
Greg Smith (4)Steve Christoff (6)4–215:19 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (3)Bobby Smith (43), Tim Young (29)4–319:57 MNS
Team stats
TORMNS
3037
0%0%
0/11/7
219
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:10 into the first period
Barry Melrose · interference2 min - 6:56 into the first periodRene Robert · hooking2 min
- 7:35 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · high sticking2 min - 17:08 into the first periodDan Maloney · charging2 min
- 2:29 into the second periodWilf Paiement · high sticking2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodWilf Paiement · tripping2 min
- 8:15 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 8:15 into the second periodBarry Melrose · roughing2 min
- 9:54 into the second periodTom Younghans · fighting5 min
- 9:54 into the second periodRick Vaive · fighting5 min
- 17:07 into the second periodRocky Saganiuk · tripping2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodBarry Melrose · holding2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |