Boston Bruins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, March 4, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Scoring
1st period
Ray Bourque (22)Bobby Lalonde (9), Rick Middleton (53)1–008:11 BOS
Jack Carlson (3)Dino Ciccarelli (6), Tim Young (33)1–113:25 MNS
Peter McNab (29)Mike Milbury (15), Terry O'Reilly (25)2–118:16 BOS
2nd period
Craig Hartsburg (11)Steve Payne (24)2–210:23 MNS
3rd period
Brad McCrimmon (11)Brad Park (44), Dwight Foster (23)3–209:13 BOS · 
Dino Ciccarelli (8)Bobby Smith (52), Greg Smith (19)3–310:06 MNS
Team stats
BOSMNS
2731
0%0%
1/50/8
2822
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Wayne Cashman · hooking2 min - 2:41 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · tripping2 min - 10:30 into the first periodBrad Park · interference2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodStan Jonathan · elbowing2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · tripping2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodBrad Park · hooking2 min
- 8:14 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · holding2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 12:35 into the second periodRon Zanussi · fighting5 min
- 13:41 into the second periodWayne Cashman · interference2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodBobby Lalonde · tripping2 min
- 18:56 into the second periodBrad Palmer · hooking2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodBobby Smith · roughing2 min
- 6:19 into the third periodMike Milbury · fighting5 min
- 6:19 into the third periodJack Carlson · fighting5 min
- 7:13 into the third periodRon Zanussi · holding2 min
- 10:29 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 14:39 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · elbowing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | T | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | T | 27 | 3 | .889 |