Minnesota North Stars vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Sunday, March 29, 1981 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–2 on Sunday, March 29, 1981 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the North Stars 35–24.
Goals came from Mike Polich, Blair MacDonald, Tim Young, Tom Younghans, Per-Olov Brasar and Fred Barrett.
Don Beaupre made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Polich (8)Paul Shmyr (9)1–004:42 MNS · 
Blair MacDonald (24)Per-Olov Brasar (41)1–113:14 VAN
2nd period
Tim Young (25)Unassisted2–105:47 MNS · 
Tom Younghans (4)Unassisted3–107:50 MNS ·
3rd period
Per-Olov Brasar (21)Blair MacDonald (30), Mike Christie (1)3–210:20 VAN
Fred Barrett (4)Don Beaupre (1)4–219:25 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSVAN
2435
0%0%
1/60/6
1827
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:11 into the first period
Curt Giles · hooking2 min - 4:59 into the first period
Darcy Rota · interference2 min - 7:08 into the first periodAl MacAdam · interference2 min
- 7:55 into the first periodDon Beaupre · roughing2 min
- 7:55 into the first periodDon Beaupre · slashing2 min
- 7:55 into the first periodDave Williams · slashing2 min
- 7:55 into the first periodDave Williams · spearing5 min
- 11:33 into the first periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
- 16:26 into the first periodBob Manno · holding2 min
- 0:07 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 5:43 into the second periodIvan Boldirev · holding2 min
- 7:42 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 9:21 into the second periodGerry Minor · slashing2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodKevin Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 17:47 into the third periodPaul Shmyr · cross checking2 min
- 18:46 into the third periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodDave Williams · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 16Mike PolichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Mike ChristieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gary BromleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |