Minnesota North Stars vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, October 14, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 on Wednesday, October 14, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Goals came from John Anderson, Neal Broten and Bobby Smith.
Gilles Meloche made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
John Anderson (5)Laurie Boschman (4), Rocky Saganiuk (3)0–113:45 TOR
3rd period
Neal Broten (4)Ken Solheim (1), Fred Barrett (1)1–105:45 MNS
Bobby Smith (3)Brad Maxwell (2)2–117:00 MNS
Team stats
MNSTOR
2727
0%0%
0/40/4
1729
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Steve Payne · interference2 min - 5:34 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · high sticking2 min
- 5:34 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 5:34 into the first period
Laurie Boschman · high sticking2 min - 5:34 into the first periodTerry Martin · game misconduct10 min
- 9:01 into the first periodBorje Salming · elbowing2 min
- 14:48 into the first periodWilf Paiement · hooking2 min
- 15:55 into the first periodBobby Smith · tripping2 min
- 1:37 into the second periodBorje Salming · holding2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodGordie Roberts · fighting5 min
- 8:56 into the second periodRick Vaive · roughing2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodRick Vaive · fighting5 min
- 9:53 into the third periodFred Barrett · high sticking2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodLaurie Boschman · holding2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · delaying game2 min
- 19:15 into the third periodDarryl Sittler · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 29Roger MelinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Jim DobsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 35Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Paul MarshallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Fred BoimistruckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 30Vincent TremblayG | 0 | 0 | – |