Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–2 on Saturday, October 17, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the North Stars 46–33.
Goals came from Rick Kehoe, Greg Malone, Marc Chorney, Neal Broten, Brad Maxwell, Paul Mulvey and Mark Johnson.
Michel Dion made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 41 of 46.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Kehoe (4)Mark Johnson (2), Ron Stackhouse (1)0–111:03 PIT · 
Greg Malone (3)Pat Price (1), George Ferguson (4)0–218:40 PIT ·
2nd period
Marc Chorney (1)Mike Bullard (1)0–307:17 PIT
Neal Broten (5)Brad Palmer (2), Gordie Roberts (4)1–307:44 MNS
3rd period
Brad Maxwell (2)Al MacAdam (2), Kent-Erik Andersson (2)2–315:24 MNS
Paul Mulvey (1)Peter Lee (1), Pat Price (2)2–415:51 PIT
Mark Johnson (2)Peter Lee (2), Pat Price (3)2–516:55 PIT
Team stats
MNSPIT
3346
0%0%
0/52/6
3027
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:34 into the first period
Al MacAdam · misconduct10 min - 7:34 into the first periodSteve Payne · roughing double minor4 min
- 7:34 into the first period
Paul Baxter · fighting5 min - 7:34 into the first periodPat Price · misconduct10 min
- 10:10 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · interference2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodJack Carlson · roughing double minor4 min
- 16:51 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodMario Faubert · tripping2 min
- 19:39 into the first periodPat Price · holding2 min
- 13:06 into the second periodAl MacAdam · roughing2 min
- 13:06 into the second periodPeter Lee · roughing double minor4 min
- 14:34 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 17:29 into the second periodJack Carlson · roughing2 min
- 19:45 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:07 into the third periodPat Price · hooking2 min
- 17:55 into the third periodPaul Baxter · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 31Jim DobsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 46 | 5 | .891 |
| 35Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Paul MulveyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Michel DionG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |