Minnesota North Stars vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, February 21, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–3 on Saturday, February 21, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the North Stars 42–25.
Bill Derlago scored twice. Ron Sedlbauer, Tim Young, Al MacAdam, Steve Payne, Terry Martin and Wilf Paiement also scored.
Jiri Crha made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Derlago (23)John Anderson (18), Pat Hickey (25)0–101:53 TOR · 
Ron Sedlbauer (13)Dave Farrish (14), Bruce Boudreau (7)0–210:29 TOR- Bill Derlago (24)Pat Hickey (26), Ian Turnbull (32)0–318:43 TOR
Tim Young (20)Steve Payne (23), Don Jackson (3)1–319:58 MNS
2nd period
Al MacAdam (17)Gordie Roberts (32), Bobby Smith (47)2–314:24 MNS
3rd period
Steve Payne (24)Dino Ciccarelli (4), Bobby Smith (48)3–302:44 MNS
Terry Martin (11)Darryl Sittler (32), Robert Picard (17)3–413:21 TOR
Wilf Paiement (29)Darryl Sittler (33), Terry Martin (12)3–519:23 TOR ·
Team stats
MNSTOR
2542
0%0%
0/41/2
1923
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:23 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · hooking2 min - 2:58 into the first period
Vitezslav Duris · hooking2 min - 5:37 into the first periodAl MacAdam · roughing2 min
- 5:37 into the first periodBarry Melrose · roughing2 min
- 15:12 into the first periodBarry Melrose · high sticking2 min
- 2:19 into the second periodWilf Paiement · cross checking2 min
- 17:01 into the second periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 17:55 into the second periodDon Beaupre · slashing2 min
- 17:55 into the second periodPat Hickey · interference2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · high sticking2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodMike Kaszycki · high sticking2 min
- 3:39 into the third periodBarry Melrose · elbowing2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · roughing2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodDave Farrish · roughing2 min
- 14:23 into the third periodGreg Smith · roughing2 min
- 14:23 into the third periodGreg Smith · fighting5 min
- 14:23 into the third periodRon Sedlbauer · roughing2 min
- 14:23 into the third periodRon Sedlbauer · fighting5 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Don JacksonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Ron SedlbauerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 9 | 1 | .889 | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |