Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, November 8, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Boston Bruins 4–1 on Sunday, November 8, 1981 at Boston Garden. The North Stars outshot the Bruins 24–22.
Goals came from Dino Ciccarelli, Steve Payne, Steve Christoff, Stan Jonathan and Mike Eaves.
Gilles Meloche made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (9)Steve Payne (6), Bobby Smith (12)1–010:38 MNS
Steve Payne (5)Dino Ciccarelli (8), Bobby Smith (13)2–012:35 MNS · 
Steve Christoff (3)Unassisted3–012:56 MNS
Stan Jonathan (2)Brad Park (15)3–116:17 BOS
2nd period
Mike Eaves (3)Brad Maxwell (7), Steve Payne (7)4–101:29 MNS
Team stats
MNSBOS
2422
0%0%
1/80/2
618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:34 into the first period
Stan Jonathan · elbowing2 min - 4:00 into the first periodDon Marcotte · hooking2 min
- 8:34 into the first periodRay Bourque · slashing2 min
- 11:53 into the first periodMike Gillis · slashing2 min
- 13:08 into the first periodKeith Crowder · elbowing2 min
- 2:52 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · slashing2 min
- 15:25 into the second periodStan Jonathan · roughing2 min
- 15:25 into the second period
Fred Barrett · roughing2 min - 19:24 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 3:40 into the third periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodWayne Cashman · roughing2 min
- 19:38 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 17Stan JonathanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |