Minnesota North Stars vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 1981 · Stampede Corral
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–3 on Thursday, March 12, 1981 at Stampede Corral. The North Stars outshot the Flames 38–33.
Goals came from Kent Nilsson, Willi Plett, Don Lever, Kevin Lavallee, Guy Chouinard, Brad Palmer, Dino Ciccarelli, Bob MacMillan and Steve Christoff.
Rejean Lemelin made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Kent Nilsson (41)Unassisted0–107:12 CGY
Willi Plett (35)Kevin Lavallee (19), Jim Peplinski (21)0–209:26 CGY
Don Lever (25)Kent Nilsson (74), Bob Murdoch (19)0–309:54 CGY
3rd period
Kevin Lavallee (14)Jim Peplinski (22)0–403:58 CGY
Guy Chouinard (29)Kent Nilsson (75), Paul Reinhart (44)0–505:50 CGY · 
Brad Palmer (2)Steve Christoff (9), Kent-Erik Andersson (23)1–508:55 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (10)Gordie Roberts (35)2–510:48 MNS
Bob MacMillan (26)Paul Reinhart (45)2–613:56 CGY
Steve Christoff (23)Dino Ciccarelli (8), Craig Hartsburg (27)3–615:11 MNS
Team stats
MNSCGY
3833
0%0%
0/71/3
816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Ken Houston · elbowing2 min - 15:08 into the first period
Paul Shmyr · high sticking2 min - 17:34 into the first periodBob Murdoch · interference2 min
- 5:19 into the second periodBob MacMillan · hooking2 min
- 9:57 into the second periodBob MacMillan · hooking2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodKen Houston · elbowing2 min
- 0:31 into the third periodKent Nilsson · hooking2 min
- 4:28 into the third periodWilli Plett · cross checking2 min
- 4:28 into the third periodBobby Smith · high sticking2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodKent-Erik Andersson · holding2 min
- 12:19 into the third periodKent-Erik Andersson · hooking2 min
- 13:01 into the third periodKen Houston · interference2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |