Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, January 23, 1982 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8–4 on Saturday, January 23, 1982 at Metropolitan Sports Center.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice and Tim Young scored twice. Doug Wilson, Al Secord, Greg Fox, Neal Broten, Tom Lysiak, Bobby Smith, Bill Nyrop and Steve Christoff also scored.
Don Beaupre made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 27 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (35)Bobby Smith (44), Gordie Roberts (18)0–101:53 MNS- Dino Ciccarelli (36)Neal Broten (24), Gary Sargent (3)0–204:55 MNS ·
Doug Wilson (21)Doug Crossman (19), Denis Savard (52)1–212:56 CHI · 
Tim Young (5)Al MacAdam (26)1–315:46 MNS
2nd period
Al Secord (30)Denis Savard (53), Doug Crossman (20)2–304:19 CHI
Greg Fox (1)Rick Paterson (2), Bill Gardner (10)3–304:46 CHI
Neal Broten (16)Dino Ciccarelli (25)3–409:24 MNS · 
Tom Lysiak (14)Doug Crossman (21)4–410:54 CHI- Tim Young (6)Steve Christoff (21), Al MacAdam (27)4–518:37 MNS
3rd period
Bobby Smith (27)Gordie Roberts (19), Craig Hartsburg (33)4–601:22 MNS
Bill Nyrop (1)Neal Broten (25), Tom McCarthy (4)4–706:50 MNS · 
Steve Christoff (17)Al MacAdam (28), Tim Young (12)4–816:09 MNS
Team stats
CHIMNS
3535
0%0%
1/32/6
1711
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:09 into the first period
Al Secord · interference2 min - 8:14 into the first periodGrant Mulvey · holding2 min
- 11:59 into the first period
Murray Brumwell · holding2 min - 17:49 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 1:59 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodBill Gardner · hooking2 min
- 14:34 into the second periodGrant Mulvey · interference2 min
- 5:09 into the third periodGary Sargent · cross checking2 min
- 12:34 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 12:34 into the third periodGrant Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 12:34 into the third periodGordie Roberts · fighting5 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 35 | 8 | .771 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |