Minnesota North Stars vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, March 14, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota North Stars 10–4 on Saturday, March 14, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the North Stars 42–25.
Marcel Dionne scored twice, Dave Taylor scored 4 goals and Steve Christoff scored twice. Dean Hopkins, Mike Murphy, Tim Young, Don Luce, Jerry Korab and Mike Polich also scored.
Mario Lessard made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 16 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Dean Hopkins (7)Unassisted0–101:11 LAK
Marcel Dionne (52)Larry Murphy (54), Dave Lewis (9)0–203:23 LAK
Dave Taylor (36)Mike Murphy (20), Marcel Dionne (64)0–305:57 LAK
Steve Christoff (24)Bobby Smith (56), Brad Maxwell (7)1–308:08 MNS · - Steve Christoff (25)Brad Maxwell (8), Al MacAdam (36)2–308:29 MNS ·
Mike Murphy (14)Dave Taylor (61), Marcel Dionne (65)2–408:53 LAK
Tim Young (22)Dino Ciccarelli (9), Brad Maxwell (9)3–409:21 MNS- Dave Taylor (37)Marcel Dionne (66), Rick Chartraw (2)3–510:22 LAK
Don Luce (16)Dan Bonar (15)3–612:52 LAK
2nd period
Jerry Korab (9)Marcel Dionne (67)3–701:05 LAK- Dave Taylor (38)Unassisted3–805:05 LAK
- Marcel Dionne (53)Mike Murphy (21), Jerry Korab (38)3–906:42 LAK ·
3rd period
- Dave Taylor (39)Mike Murphy (22), Dave Lewis (10)3–1000:36 LAK
Mike Polich (6)Dino Ciccarelli (10), Fred Barrett (8)4–1005:09 MNS
Team stats
MNSLAK
2542
0%0%
2/81/6
3428
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:14 into the first period
Billy Harris · holding2 min - 7:52 into the first periodJay Wells · hooking2 min
- 9:07 into the first periodAndre St. Laurent · high sticking2 min
- 9:07 into the first periodAndre St. Laurent · roughing2 min
- 9:07 into the first period
Bobby Smith · roughing2 min - 11:43 into the first periodTim Young · slashing2 min
- 17:55 into the first periodDean Hopkins · fighting5 min
- 17:55 into the first periodRon Friest · fighting5 min
- 18:32 into the first periodGreg Terrion · tripping2 min
- 5:05 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:05 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · game misconduct10 min
- 9:40 into the second periodGreg Smith · cross checking2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodMike Murphy · hooking2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 8:42 into the third periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodDan Bonar · hooking2 min
- 13:14 into the third periodDan Bonar · fighting5 min
- 13:14 into the third periodMike Polich · fighting5 min
- 13:14 into the third periodTom Younghans · hooking2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodTom Younghans · interference2 min
- 16:30 into the third periodGreg Terrion · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 17 | 1 | .941 | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 25 | 9 | .640 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 2 | 4 | 6 | +7 | 7 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 4 | 1 | 5 | +7 | 7 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Don LuceC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |