Minnesota North Stars vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota North Stars 3–2 on Saturday, March 28, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the North Stars 29–21.
Goals came from Al MacAdam, Steve Jensen, Dave Taylor, Jim Fox and Tim Young.
Mario Lessard made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Al MacAdam (21)Steve Payne (27), Tim Young (37)1–008:03 MNS
2nd period
Steve Jensen (18)Greg Terrion (24), Rick Chartraw (4)1–101:54 LAK · 
Dave Taylor (43)Marcel Dionne (72), Billy Harris (27)1–214:34 LAK
Jim Fox (18)Greg Terrion (25), Steve Jensen (17)1–315:20 LAK
Tim Young (24)Steve Payne (28)2–317:28 MNS
Team stats
MNSLAK
2129
0%0%
0/31/4
1817
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:45 into the first period
Dean Hopkins · fighting5 min - 1:45 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · fighting5 min - 6:00 into the first periodJerry Korab · cross checking2 min
- 9:23 into the first periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodJack Carlson · cross checking2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodDave Taylor · interference2 min
- 7:36 into the second periodAndre St. Laurent · roughing2 min
- 7:36 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · high sticking5 min
- 9:28 into the second periodGreg Terrion · hooking2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 8:32 into the third periodKent-Erik Andersson · hooking2 min
- 13:16 into the third periodAndre St. Laurent · slashing2 min
- 13:16 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 10 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |