Minnesota North Stars vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, January 11, 1982 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–3 on Monday, January 11, 1982 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the North Stars 35–27.
Goals came from Mike Eaves, Tom McCarthy, Mark Pavelich, Mike Allison, Nick Fotiu, Pat Hickey, Ron Duguay and Steve Christoff.
Eddie Mio made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Eaves (10)Brad Maxwell (17), Steve Christoff (19)1–013:25 MNS
2nd period
Tom McCarthy (1)Al MacAdam (22), Bobby Smith (39)2–003:15 MNS
Mark Pavelich (17)Robbie Ftorek (11), Dave Maloney (15)2–110:57 NYR · 
Mike Allison (7)Don Maloney (9), Tom Laidlaw (10)2–211:40 NYR
Nick Fotiu (4)Mike Rogers (32), Pat Hickey (11)2–316:40 NYR
3rd period
Pat Hickey (9)Dave Maloney (16), Mike Rogers (33)2–402:09 NYR
Ron Duguay (26)Mark Morrison (1), Mark Pavelich (24)2–514:36 NYR
Steve Christoff (15)Craig Hartsburg (28), Brad Palmer (17)3–517:37 MNS
Team stats
MNSNYR
2735
0%0%
0/21/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:47 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · hooking2 min - 17:07 into the first period
Peter Wallin · hooking2 min - 10:35 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · interference2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
New York Rangers
| 24Pat HickeyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Mark MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |