St. Louis Blues vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 6–3 on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center.
Steve Payne scored a hat trick. Brad Palmer, Brian Sutter, Bernie Federko, Anders Hakansson, Perry Turnbull and Kent-Erik Andersson also scored.
Don Beaupre made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Palmer (17)Gary Sargent (1), Al MacAdam (16)0–114:33 MNS ·
2nd period
Steve Payne (10)Craig Hartsburg (25)0–204:29 MNS
Brian Sutter (17)Bernie Federko (28)1–204:45 STL
Bernie Federko (13)Unassisted2–209:48 STL
Anders Hakansson (6)Curt Giles (6), Kent-Erik Andersson (10)2–314:15 MNS ·
3rd period
- Steve Payne (11)Steve Christoff (14)2–403:48 MNS
Perry Turnbull (16)Bernie Federko (29)3–407:32 STL
Kent-Erik Andersson (7)Steve Payne (17)3–514:19 MNS- Steve Payne (12)Steve Christoff (15)3–618:57 MNS
Team stats
STLMNS
3434
0%0%
0/41/4
2313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:10 into the first period
Bernie Federko · tripping2 min - 7:10 into the first periodBernie Federko · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:10 into the first periodBernie Federko · misconduct10 min
- 13:23 into the first periodEd Kea · hooking2 min
- 15:31 into the first period
Jack Carlson · charging2 min - 15:31 into the first periodJack Carlson · fighting5 min
- 15:31 into the first periodWayne Babych · fighting5 min
- 12:43 into the second periodNeal Broten · tripping2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodRick Lapointe · interference2 min
- 5:31 into the third periodBobby Smith · roughing2 min
- 15:28 into the third periodBobby Smith · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 34Rik WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 29Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 26Steve PayneL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |