Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 on Tuesday, March 24, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Kings 68–19.
Goals came from Bobby Smith, Jack Carlson, Larry Murphy, Jim Fox, Dave Lewis, Mark Hardy and Steve Christoff.
Mario Lessard made 65 saves on 68 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
2nd period
Bobby Smith (27)Curt Giles (20), Steve Christoff (11)0–108:02 MNS · 
Jack Carlson (6)Bobby Smith (62), Dino Ciccarelli (11)0–210:36 MNS
Larry Murphy (15)Billy Harris (24), Marcel Dionne (71)1–211:13 LAK
Jim Fox (16)Steve Jensen (16), Greg Terrion (22)2–212:13 LAK
Dave Lewis (1)Dave Taylor (63), Billy Harris (25)3–214:03 LAK
Mark Hardy (5)Jim Fox (23), Larry Murphy (59)4–219:59 LAK ·
3rd period
Steve Christoff (26)Gordie Roberts (40), Bobby Smith (63)4–304:04 MNS
Team stats
LAKMNS
1968
0%0%
1/31/8
188
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:27 into the first period
Andre St. Laurent · holding2 min - 4:12 into the first periodSteve Jensen · hooking2 min
- 10:44 into the first periodAndre St. Laurent · slashing2 min
- 16:05 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · hooking2 min - 19:35 into the first periodJack Carlson · elbowing2 min
- 6:18 into the second periodJohn Paul Kelly · hooking2 min
- 16:24 into the second periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 0:56 into the third periodDave Taylor · elbowing2 min
- 1:59 into the third periodMike Murphy · cross checking2 min
- 6:43 into the third periodAndre St. Laurent · high sticking2 min
- 8:03 into the third periodLarry Murphy · high sticking2 min
- 8:03 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 68 | 3 | .956 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 19 | 4 | .789 |