Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 8, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime on Wednesday, April 8, 1981 at Boston Garden. The North Stars outshot the Bruins 40–32.
Steve Payne scored a hat trick and Peter McNab scored twice. Don Marcotte, Dino Ciccarelli, Dwight Foster and Jack Carlson also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Payne (1)Craig Hartsburg (1), Brad Maxwell (1)1–005:32 MNS · 
Don Marcotte (1)Mike Milbury (1), Terry O'Reilly (1)1–112:54 BOS
Dino Ciccarelli (1)Bobby Smith (1), Craig Hartsburg (2)2–119:28 MNS
2nd period
Dwight Foster (1)Unassisted2–202:29 BOS
Peter McNab (1)Brad McCrimmon (1), Rick Middleton (1)2–307:20 BOS ·
3rd period
- Steve Payne (2)Unassisted3–300:37 MNS
- Peter McNab (2)Terry O'Reilly (2), Don Marcotte (1)3–407:14 BOS
Jack Carlson (1)Bobby Smith (2), Greg Smith (1)4–411:55 MNS
Overtime
- Steve Payne (3)Tim Young (1), Al MacAdam (1)5–403:34 MNS
Team stats
MNSBOS
4032
0%0%
1/41/2
2115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:27 into the first period
Mike O'connell · interference2 min - 6:39 into the first periodStan Jonathan · roughing2 min
- 6:39 into the first period
Fred Barrett · interference2 min - 10:20 into the first periodAl MacAdam · hooking2 min
- 14:39 into the first periodDick Redmond · tripping2 min
- 5:34 into the second periodMike Milbury · fighting5 min
- 5:34 into the second periodJack Carlson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:34 into the second periodJack Carlson · fighting5 min
- 5:34 into the second periodJack Carlson · misconduct10 min
- 8:05 into the second periodKeith Crowder · hooking2 min
- 1:48 into the third periodStan Jonathan · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 26Steve PayneL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |