Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Sunday, January 17, 1982 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7–5 on Sunday, January 17, 1982 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Blackhawks 32–30.
Steve Payne scored twice. Tom McCarthy, Bobby Smith, Tim Higgins, Grant Mulvey, Peter Marsh, Al Secord, Tim Young, Dino Ciccarelli, Dave Hutchison and Al MacAdam also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Tom McCarthy (2)Mike Eaves (10), Brad Maxwell (18)0–113:07 MNS · 
Steve Payne (17)Al MacAdam (24), Bobby Smith (40)0–215:24 MNS
2nd period
Bobby Smith (25)Steve Payne (22), Gordie Roberts (17)0–305:38 MNS
Tim Higgins (15)Denis Savard (49), Greg Fox (13)1–311:02 CHI
Grant Mulvey (15)Reg Kerr (22), Peter Marsh (8)2–313:43 CHI
Peter Marsh (7)Tom Lysiak (24), Grant Mulvey (12)3–315:38 CHI
Al Secord (28)Tom Lysiak (25)4–319:16 CHI
3rd period
Tim Young (4)Al MacAdam (25), Brad Palmer (19)4–400:24 MNS- Steve Payne (18)Bobby Smith (41), Craig Hartsburg (30)4–500:56 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (33)Neal Broten (21)4–601:14 MNS
Dave Hutchison (3)Peter Marsh (9)5–602:51 CHI · 
Al MacAdam (9)Bobby Smith (42), Craig Hartsburg (31)5–710:30 MNS ·
Team stats
CHIMNS
3032
0%0%
0/12/4
82
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:58 into the first period
Steve Payne · interference2 min - 12:47 into the first period
Al Secord · elbowing2 min - 13:17 into the first periodGrant Mulvey · high sticking2 min
- 1:44 into the third periodAl Secord · tripping2 min
- 9:23 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · charging2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 17Peter MarshR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |