Quebec Nordiques vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, January 16, 1982 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Quebec Nordiques 4–1 on Saturday, January 16, 1982 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Nordiques 51–27.
Goals came from Dino Ciccarelli, Mike Eaves, Bobby Smith, Mario Marois and Tim Young.
Gilles Meloche made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 47 of 51.
Scoring
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (32)Neal Broten (20)0–102:20 MNS
Mike Eaves (11)Dino Ciccarelli (24), Tom McCarthy (1)0–207:07 MNS · 
Bobby Smith (24)Steve Payne (21), Craig Hartsburg (29)0–319:22 MNS
3rd period
Mario Marois (7)Unassisted1–309:08 QUE
Tim Young (3)Brad Palmer (18), Al MacAdam (23)1–417:38 MNS
Team stats
QUEMNS
2751
0%0%
0/41/7
2317
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:43 into the first period
Pierre Lacroix · holding2 min - 11:46 into the first period
Curt Giles · hooking2 min - 13:21 into the first periodGordie Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 13:21 into the first periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodDale Hunter · cross checking2 min
- 2:52 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodAndre Dupont · cross checking2 min
- 9:58 into the second periodMarc Tardif · hooking2 min
- 11:20 into the second periodSteve Payne · hooking2 min
- 11:20 into the second periodSteve Payne · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:53 into the second periodReal Cloutier · hooking2 min
- 15:32 into the second periodGordie Roberts · fighting5 min
- 15:32 into the second periodPierre Aubry · fighting5 min
- 16:36 into the second periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodAndre Dupont · hooking2 min
- 11:01 into the third periodTim Young · high sticking2 min
- 11:01 into the third periodNormand Rochefort · high sticking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 22Mario MaroisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | L | 51 | 4 | .922 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |