Philadelphia Flyers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Saturday, February 28, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Flyers 41–35.
Goals came from Reggie Leach, Ron Flockhart, Steve Christoff, Tim Young, Ken Linseman and Tom Gorence.
Rick St. Croix made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
2nd period
Reggie Leach (30)Thomas Eriksson (7), Brian Propp (32)1–000:26 PHI · 
Ron Flockhart (1)Bill Barber (37), Paul Holmgren (25)2–003:09 PHI
Steve Christoff (21)Gordie Roberts (33), Kent-Erik Andersson (20)2–109:35 MNS ·
3rd period
Tim Young (21)Unassisted2–206:24 MNS
Ken Linseman (11)Reid Bailey (1)3–214:31 PHI
Tom Gorence (20)Ron Flockhart (4)4–219:33 PHI ·
Team stats
PHIMNS
3541
0%0%
1/41/8
6056
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:03 into the first period
Blake Wesley · slashing2 min - 7:14 into the first period
Jack Carlson · roughing2 min - 7:14 into the first periodRon Flockhart · charging2 min
- 7:14 into the first periodRon Flockhart · roughing2 min
- 7:47 into the first periodReid Bailey · tripping2 min
- 7:57 into the first periodTom McCarthy · tripping2 min
- 14:30 into the first periodBehn Wilson · roughing2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · slashing2 min
- 0:45 into the second periodDon Beaupre · roughing2 min
- 0:45 into the second periodPaul Holmgren · roughing2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 8:19 into the second periodTim Kerr · hooking2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodBobby Smith · misconduct10 min
- 12:23 into the second periodDon Jackson · misconduct10 min
- 12:23 into the second periodAl MacAdam · fighting5 min
- 12:23 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · fighting5 min
- 12:23 into the second periodSteve Payne · misconduct10 min
- 12:23 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodReid Bailey · misconduct10 min
- 12:23 into the second periodBill Barber · misconduct10 min
- 12:23 into the second periodMike Busniuk · fighting5 min
- 12:23 into the second periodRon Flockhart · fighting5 min
- 12:23 into the second periodPaul Holmgren · misconduct10 min
- 15:16 into the second periodKen Linseman · interference2 min
- 18:09 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · interference2 min
- 19:13 into the second periodBehn Wilson · hooking2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodRon Zanussi · charging2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Thomas ErikssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 35Reid BaileyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | W | 41 | 2 | .951 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |