Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, February 3, 1982 · Civic Arena

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9–6

37–34

Game summary

The Minnesota North Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 9–6 on Wednesday, February 3, 1982 at Civic Arena. The North Stars outshot the Penguins 37–34.

Anders Hakansson scored twice. George Ferguson, Mike Bullard, Pat Boutette, Brad Palmer, Rick Kehoe, Dino Ciccarelli, Neal Broten, Bobby Smith, Ken Solheim, Tim Young, Steve Gatzos, Al MacAdam and Paul Baxter also scored.

Gilles Meloche made 28 saves on 34 shots for the win; Paul Harrison stopped 28 of 37.

Goals
MNS	0	6	3	9	37
PIT	3	1	2	6	34

Scoring

1st period

George Ferguson (13)Pat Boutette (37), Paul Baxter (24)0–101:23 PIT
Mike Bullard (22)Pat Boutette (38), George Ferguson (20)0–212:36 PIT
Pat Boutette (17)Mike Bullard (17), Rick Kehoe (33)0–317:41 PIT ·

2nd period

Brad Palmer (19)Bobby Smith (49), Steve Payne (26)1–301:21 MNS ·
Anders Hakansson (9)Craig Hartsburg (43), Steve Payne (27)2–303:04 MNS
Rick Kehoe (26)Greg Malone (17)2–405:30 PIT
Dino Ciccarelli (41)Gordie Roberts (21), Neal Broten (33)3–411:47 MNS
Anders Hakansson (10)Steve Payne (28), Bobby Smith (50)4–414:14 MNS
Neal Broten (21)Ken Solheim (2)5–415:11 MNS
Bobby Smith (33)Craig Hartsburg (44)6–418:38 MNS ·

3rd period

Ken Solheim (1)Dino Ciccarelli (30), Neal Broten (34)7–404:53 MNS
Tim Young (8)Al MacAdam (30), Steve Christoff (23)8–410:28 MNS
Steve Gatzos (1)Ron Stackhouse (11)8–511:53 PIT
Al MacAdam (10)Tim Young (13)9–518:51 MNS ·
Paul Baxter (7)Pat Graham (5), Pat Price (22)9–619:27 PIT

Team stats

MNSPIT

3734

0%0%

2/51/2

612

Penalties

0:05 into the first periodBobby Smith · slashing2 min
0:05 into the first periodGreg Malone · slashing2 min
13:01 into the first periodMarc Chorney · hooking2 min
17:08 into the first periodJack Carlson · interference2 min
1:08 into the second periodRick MacLeish · hooking2 min
17:21 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
19:54 into the second periodPat Graham · hooking2 min
8:03 into the third periodPat Boutette · high sticking2 min
17:21 into the third periodAnders Hakansson · cross checking2 min

Season series

North Stars vs Penguins head-to-head →

Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota North Stars skaters

7Neal BrotenC	1	2	3	0	4	0	–	–
15Bobby SmithC	1	2	3	+1	2	2	–	–
26Steve PayneL	0	3	3	+2	2	0	–	–
12Ken SolheimL	1	1	2	+2	5	0	–	–
16Anders HakanssonL	2	0	2	0	2	2	–	–
17Tim YoungC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	–	–
20Dino CiccarelliR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
25Al MacAdamR	1	1	2	0	2	0	–	–
4Craig HartsburgD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
14Brad PalmerL	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	–
28Steve ChristoffC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	–	–
10Gordie RobertsD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
8Kent-Erik AnderssonR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
21Jack CarlsonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
3Fred BarrettD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
5Brad MaxwellD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
24Bill NyropD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	–	–

Minnesota North Stars goalies
Goalie
27Gilles MelocheG	W	34	28	6	.824	60:00
33Don BeaupreG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

15Pat BoutetteL	1	2	3	−1	2	2	–	–
11George FergusonC	1	1	2	−1	6	0	–	–
17Rick KehoeR	1	1	2	−2	4	0	–	–
22Mike BullardC	1	1	2	−3	3	0	–	–
4Paul BaxterD	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
12Greg MaloneC	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
24Pat GrahamL	0	1	1	+1	4	2	–	–
26Steve GatzosR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
2Pat PriceD	0	1	1	−2	0	0	–	–
3Ron StackhouseD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
7Rick MacLeishC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
14Doug SheddenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
19Gregg SheppardC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Bobby SimpsonL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
8Randy BoydD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
16Marc ChorneyD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	–	–
25Randy CarlyleD	0	0	0	−1	5	2	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Paul HarrisonG	L	37	28	9	.757	60:00
29Michel DionG		0	0	0	–	00:00