Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 on Saturday, December 12, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Blackhawks outshot the North Stars 40–35.
Goals came from Daniel Poulin, Brad Palmer, Kent-Erik Andersson, Al MacAdam, Neal Broten, Keith Brown, Dino Ciccarelli, Grant Mulvey and Darryl Sutter.
Don Beaupre made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Daniel Poulin (1)Fred Barrett (8), Steve Christoff (11)0–106:02 MNS
Brad Palmer (12)Steve Christoff (12), Neal Broten (17)0–207:09 MNS
2nd period
Kent-Erik Andersson (6)Dino Ciccarelli (16)0–300:18 MNS
Al MacAdam (6)Neal Broten (18)0–407:58 MNS · 
Neal Broten (14)Brad Palmer (12), Steve Christoff (13)0–515:24 MNS
3rd period
Keith Brown (3)Reg Kerr (14)1–501:49 CHI
Dino Ciccarelli (26)Bobby Smith (30)1–606:31 MNS
Grant Mulvey (11)Denis Savard (33)2–610:08 CHI
Darryl Sutter (16)Tom Lysiak (20), Reg Kerr (15)3–619:18 CHI
Team stats
CHIMNS
4035
0%0%
0/50/7
2420
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:50 into the first period
Doug Wilson · hooking2 min - 12:24 into the first periodGrant Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 12:24 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · holding2 min - 18:00 into the first periodGrant Mulvey · high sticking2 min
- 3:00 into the second periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
- 6:18 into the second periodDaniel Poulin · tripping2 min
- 8:41 into the second periodGreg Fox · tripping2 min
- 11:56 into the second periodAl Secord · interference2 min
- 2:59 into the third periodPeter Marsh · high sticking2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 5:45 into the third periodRon Friest · fighting5 min
- 7:29 into the third periodRich Preston · hooking2 min
- 10:36 into the third periodPeter Marsh · fighting5 min
- 10:36 into the third periodJack Carlson · elbowing2 min
- 10:36 into the third periodJack Carlson · fighting5 min
- 15:08 into the third periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Daniel PoulinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Ron MeighanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |