Hartford Whalers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, February 14, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 7–4 on Saturday, February 14, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Whalers 57–24.
Steve Christoff scored twice and Dave Debol scored twice. Jack Carlson, Tom McCarthy, Steve Payne, Mark Howe, Mike Rogers, Al MacAdam and Mike Eaves also scored.
Don Beaupre made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 50 of 57.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Christoff (17)Tom McCarthy (22)0–106:55 MNS
Jack Carlson (2)Mike Polich (4), Tom Younghans (5)0–208:55 MNS
Tom McCarthy (20)Mike Eaves (19), Greg Smith (16)0–310:57 MNS
2nd period
Steve Payne (22)Dino Ciccarelli (3), Bobby Smith (44)0–401:18 MNS · 
Dave Debol (6)Rick Meagher (1)1–402:24 HFD- Dave Debol (7)Mark Howe (33), Mike Rogers (48)2–410:21 HFD ·
Mark Howe (14)Blaine Stoughton (24)3–410:36 HFD · 
Mike Rogers (38)Al Sims (25), Dave Debol (10)4–412:11 HFD · 
Al MacAdam (15)Tim Young (30), Craig Hartsburg (20)4–515:52 MNS
3rd period
- Steve Christoff (18)Gordie Roberts (27), Mike Eaves (20)4–608:47 MNS ·
Mike Eaves (10)Unassisted4–716:06 MNS
Team stats
HFDMNS
2457
0%0%
3/42/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:55 into the first period
Blaine Stoughton · delaying game2 min - 19:39 into the first periodMark Howe · interference2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodMike Rogers · holding2 min
- 8:39 into the second period
Craig Hartsburg · holding2 min - 9:53 into the second periodCurt Giles · interference2 min
- 11:15 into the second periodSteve Payne · holding2 min
- 5:56 into the third periodAl Sims · hooking2 min
- 7:12 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · hooking2 min
- 18:48 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · interference2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 15Dave DebolC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ken HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 57 | 7 | .877 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 32Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 24 | 4 | .833 |