Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–3 on Saturday, October 24, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Kings outshot the North Stars 36–33.
Dave Taylor scored twice and Neal Broten scored twice. Jack Carlson, Steve Bozek, Bobby Smith, Steve Payne and Kent-Erik Andersson also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Jack Carlson (2)Bobby Smith (8), Dino Ciccarelli (3)0–114:19 MNS
Steve Bozek (6)Dave Taylor (11), Marcel Dionne (7)1–116:18 LAK ·
2nd period
Bobby Smith (5)Craig Hartsburg (4)1–206:24 MNS · 
Steve Payne (2)Tim Young (1), Bill Nyrop (1)1–306:41 MNS
Dave Taylor (4)Steve Jensen (7), Marcel Dionne (8)2–312:46 LAK
3rd period
Neal Broten (6)Gordie Roberts (5), Steve Christoff (3)2–408:57 MNS
Kent-Erik Andersson (1)Bobby Smith (9), Dino Ciccarelli (4)2–510:10 MNS- Dave Taylor (5)Mark Hardy (4), Larry Murphy (6)3–517:10 LAK ·
- Neal Broten (7)Steve Christoff (4)3–617:54 MNS
Team stats
LAKMNS
3633
0%0%
2/41/2
913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:43 into the first period
Curt Giles · holding2 min - 15:45 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · elbowing2 min
- 17:23 into the first period
John Paul Kelly · hooking2 min - 3:41 into the second periodGordie Roberts · cross checking2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodSteve Jensen · hooking2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodDan Bonar · fighting5 min
- 9:57 into the third periodSteve Christoff · fighting5 min
- 16:19 into the third periodTim Young · slashing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 35Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |