Montréal Canadiens vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (23)Brad Palmer (9), Bobby Smith (27)0–100:51 MNS- Dino Ciccarelli (24)Gordie Roberts (11), Bobby Smith (28)0–207:46 MNS ·
Brad Palmer (11)Bobby Smith (29)0–316:57 MNS
2nd period
Mario Tremblay (14)Craig Laughlin (1), Pierre Mondou (10)1–303:44 MTL
Bob Gainey (7)Larry Robinson (18), Keith Acton (20)2–305:24 MTL- Dino Ciccarelli (25)Steve Payne (12), Craig Hartsburg (21)2–406:39 MNS ·
Gilbert Delorme (1)Bob Gainey (10), Doug Jarvis (7)3–409:03 MTL
Neal Broten (13)Brad Palmer (10), Gordie Roberts (12)3–512:48 MNS · 
Craig Laughlin (2)Pierre Mondou (11), Robert Picard (4)4–513:23 MTL ·
3rd period
Doug Jarvis (11)Steve Shutt (14)5–503:10 MTL
Mark Napier (13)Larry Robinson (19), Pierre Larouche (12)6–517:09 MTL · 
Bobby Smith (19)Steve Payne (13), Neal Broten (16)6–618:36 MNS ·
Team stats
MTLMNS
4845
0%0%
2/44/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:33 into the first period
Pierre Mondou · interference2 min - 13:29 into the first period
Neal Broten · tripping2 min - 14:49 into the first periodAl MacAdam · tripping2 min
- 5:50 into the second periodKeith Acton · high sticking2 min
- 11:11 into the second periodMark Napier · holding2 min
- 13:13 into the second periodFred Barrett · hooking2 min
- 14:45 into the second periodGuy Lafleur · hooking2 min
- 15:55 into the third periodBobby Smith · hooking2 min
- 17:20 into the third periodBob Gainey · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | T | 45 | 6 | .867 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Kevin MaxwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | T | 48 | 6 | .875 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |