Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–4 on Saturday, October 31, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Red Wings 32–30.
Goals came from Brad Palmer, Brad Maxwell, Mark Kirton, Mark Osborne, Kent-Erik Andersson, Jack Carlson, Mike Foligno, George Lyle and Bobby Smith.
Gilles Meloche made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Corrado Micalef stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Palmer (4)Gordie Roberts (6), Neal Broten (3)0–109:00 MNS · 
Brad Maxwell (5)Unassisted0–218:25 MNS
2nd period
Mark Kirton (5)Paul Woods (7), Mike Blaisdell (9)1–201:03 DET
Mark Osborne (3)Reed Larson (7), Mike Foligno (5)2–207:16 DET
Kent-Erik Andersson (3)Steve Christoff (6), Neal Broten (4)2–309:50 MNS
3rd period
Jack Carlson (3)Al MacAdam (4), Craig Hartsburg (8)2–405:41 MNS
Mike Foligno (6)Walt McKechnie (6)3–406:31 DET
George Lyle (1)Vaclav Nedomansky (2), Jim Korn (1)4–413:39 DET
Bobby Smith (7)Dino Ciccarelli (7), Craig Hartsburg (9)4–518:29 MNS ·
Team stats
DETMNS
3032
0%0%
0/32/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
John Barrett · interference2 min - 8:20 into the first periodReed Larson · hooking2 min
- 13:38 into the first period
Dino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min - 3:38 into the second periodGeorge Lyle · high sticking2 min
- 3:38 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · high sticking2 min
- 10:15 into the second periodKent-Erik Andersson · closing hand on puck2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodSteve Christoff · elbowing2 min
- 18:04 into the third periodMike Foligno · tripping2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Corrado MicalefG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 35Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |