Minnesota North Stars vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, December 22, 1981 · Pacific Coliseum
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (28)Neal Broten (19), Bobby Smith (34)1–003:27 MNS · 
Thomas Gradin (17)Curt Fraser (23), Rick Lanz (11)1–110:52 VAN · - Dino Ciccarelli (29)Craig Hartsburg (24), Bobby Smith (35)2–118:23 MNS ·
2nd period
Kevin McCarthy (3)Blair MacDonald (7)2–213:18 VAN
3rd period
Ivan Hlinka (7)Blair MacDonald (8)2–305:12 VAN
Steve Christoff (11)Mike Eaves (8), Brad Maxwell (14)3–307:41 MNS
Dave Williams (10)Ivan Hlinka (18)3–410:54 VAN
Al MacAdam (7)Dino Ciccarelli (19), Brad Maxwell (15)4–417:01 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSVAN
4029
0%0%
3/61/5
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:17 into the first period
Dave Williams · holding2 min - 8:45 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · cross checking2 min - 9:45 into the first periodAnders Hakansson · tripping2 min
- 12:02 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 17:01 into the first periodIvan Boldirev · interference2 min
- 3:58 into the second periodDarcy Rota · roughing2 min
- 9:25 into the second periodDon Beaupre · roughing2 min
- 9:25 into the second periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 13:46 into the second periodCurt Fraser · slashing2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 1:53 into the third periodThomas Gradin · holding2 min
- 8:20 into the third periodNeal Broten · hooking2 min
- 15:21 into the third periodCurt Fraser · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | T | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | T | 40 | 4 | .900 |