Calgary Flames vs Minnesota North Stars
Playoffs · Sunday, May 3, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Calgary Flames 6–4 on Sunday, May 3, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Flames outshot the North Stars 34–30.
Bobby Smith scored twice. Ken Houston, Brad Maxwell, Bob Murdoch, Bobby Gould, Steve Payne, Brad Palmer, Bill Clement and Steve Christoff also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Houston (6)Bob MacMillan (5), Paul Reinhart (11)1–003:23 CGY
Bobby Smith (4)Unassisted1–106:43 MNS
Brad Maxwell (3)Steve Payne (7), Bobby Smith (8)1–216:08 MNS
2nd period
Bob Murdoch (1)Ken Houston (7), Bob MacMillan (6)2–202:00 CGY
Bobby Gould (2)Phil Russell (5), Brad Marsh (5)3–206:54 CGY
Steve Payne (11)Brad Maxwell (5), Bobby Smith (9)3–309:00 MNS · 
Brad Palmer (4)Al MacAdam (6), Craig Hartsburg (6)3–412:37 MNS · 
Bill Clement (2)Willi Plett (4), Phil Russell (6)4–417:40 CGY
3rd period
Steve Christoff (5)Brad Palmer (5), Neal Broten (4)4–504:24 MNS- Bobby Smith (5)Al MacAdam (7), Craig Hartsburg (7)4–619:37 MNS ·
Team stats
CGYMNS
3430
0%0%
0/52/4
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:03 into the first period
Bob Murdoch · hooking2 min - 12:06 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · high sticking2 min - 13:56 into the first periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
- 16:24 into the first periodKevin Maxwell · elbowing2 min
- 16:50 into the first periodKen Houston · high sticking2 min
- 16:50 into the first periodGreg Smith · high sticking2 min
- 3:52 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 7:57 into the second periodPekka Rautakallio · holding2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodKevin Lavallee · roughing2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodKevin Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 10:10 into the second periodGordie Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 11:43 into the second periodPekka Rautakallio · hooking2 min
- 15:11 into the second periodJim Peplinski · high sticking2 min
- 15:11 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · high sticking2 min
- 11:14 into the third periodGreg Smith · tripping2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodBobby Gould · high sticking2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · high sticking2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave HindmarchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |