Minnesota North Stars vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, January 2, 1982 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 on Saturday, January 2, 1982 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The North Stars outshot the Maple Leafs 32–28.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Steve Christoff, Wilf Paiement, Bobby Smith, Craig Hartsburg, Steve Payne and Norm Aubin also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Vincent Tremblay stopped 4 of 7.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (30)Craig Hartsburg (26), Bobby Smith (37)1–007:48 MNS · 
Steve Christoff (13)Gordie Roberts (16)2–011:08 MNS- Dino Ciccarelli (31)Bobby Smith (38), Gary Sargent (2)3–016:57 MNS
2nd period
Wilf Paiement (13)Unassisted3–117:21 TOR ·
3rd period
Bobby Smith (23)Craig Hartsburg (27)4–100:21 MNS · 
Craig Hartsburg (4)Tim Young (6), Steve Payne (19)5–105:40 MNS
Steve Payne (14)Dino Ciccarelli (23), Tim Young (7)6–113:38 MNS
Norm Aubin (1)Terry Martin (13)6–214:07 TOR
Team stats
MNSTOR
3228
0%0%
2/50/5
2222
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:12 into the first period
Jack Carlson · elbowing2 min - 7:33 into the first period
Fred Boimistruck · cross checking2 min - 9:00 into the first periodDarryl Sittler · interference2 min
- 14:49 into the first periodFred Barrett · hooking2 min
- 18:45 into the first periodSteve Payne · holding2 min
- 4:19 into the second periodBrad Palmer · hooking2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodTom McCarthy · fighting5 min
- 6:29 into the second periodTerry Martin · fighting5 min
- 7:52 into the second periodBob Manno · hooking2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodFred Barrett · holding2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodNorm Aubin · roughing2 min
- 16:18 into the second periodBob Manno · tripping2 min
- 19:15 into the second periodJim Benning · interference2 min
- 10:20 into the third periodGilles Meloche · tripping2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodGary Sargent · fighting5 min
- 12:25 into the third periodRick Vaive · fighting5 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 24Norm AubinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 39Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Fred BoimistruckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 25 | 3 | .880 | |
| 30Vincent TremblayG | L | 7 | 3 | .571 |