Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 4, 1981 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Washington Capitals 6–1 on Wednesday, November 4, 1981 at Capital Centre. The North Stars outshot the Capitals 33–28.
Bobby Smith scored twice and Neal Broten scored twice. Mike Gartner, Al MacAdam and Brad Palmer also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Smith (8)Gordie Roberts (7)1–003:29 MNS
Mike Gartner (3)Dennis Maruk (5)1–104:38 WSH
Neal Broten (8)Unassisted2–108:44 MNS · - Neal Broten (9)Unassisted3–111:01 MNS ·
2nd period
Al MacAdam (2)Bill Nyrop (3), Mike Eaves (1)4–107:22 MNS
Brad Palmer (5)Al MacAdam (5), Steve Christoff (7)5–113:10 MNS- Bobby Smith (9)Curt Giles (2), Craig Hartsburg (10)6–119:57 MNS
Team stats
MNSWSH
3328
0%0%
1/20/4
2218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:17 into the first period
Ryan Walter · hooking2 min - 10:06 into the first period
Steve Payne · interference2 min - 13:03 into the first periodGordie Roberts · cross checking2 min
- 13:03 into the first periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 13:03 into the first periodAl Hangsleben · cross checking2 min
- 18:44 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · interference2 min
- 1:38 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 1:38 into the second periodRyan Walter · slashing2 min
- 4:29 into the second periodBob Kelly · tripping2 min
- 10:58 into the second periodFred Barrett · interference2 min
- 10:58 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · high sticking2 min
- 11:53 into the third periodRick Green · hooking2 min
- 14:25 into the third periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 16:45 into the third periodGordie Roberts · roughing2 min
- 16:45 into the third periodGordie Roberts · slashing2 min
- 16:45 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · holding2 min
- 16:45 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · roughing2 min
- 18:21 into the third periodJack Carlson · high sticking2 min
- 18:21 into the third periodJack Carlson · roughing2 min
- 18:21 into the third periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Wes JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Roland StoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Todd BidnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat RibbleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |
| 30Dave ParroG | 0 | 0 | – |