Minnesota North Stars vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, February 28, 1982 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–4 on Sunday, February 28, 1982 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 41–31.
Craig Hartsburg scored twice. John Ogrodnick, Neal Broten, Paul Woods, Al MacAdam, Greg Smith, Jody Gage and Dino Ciccarelli also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
John Ogrodnick (26)Reed Larson (30), Vaclav Nedomansky (23)0–101:44 DET · 
Craig Hartsburg (12)Steve Payne (34), Bobby Smith (59)1–106:49 MNS · 
Neal Broten (30)Steve Payne (35), Craig Hartsburg (52)2–116:46 MNS
3rd period
Paul Woods (6)Mark Kirton (24)2–204:01 DET · 
Al MacAdam (13)Bobby Smith (60), Steve Payne (36)3–207:30 MNS
Greg Smith (7)John Barrett (5)3–313:42 DET
Jody Gage (5)Jim Schoenfeld (11), Walt McKechnie (30)3–415:53 DET- Craig Hartsburg (13)Dino Ciccarelli (42), Neal Broten (46)4–418:34 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (48)Neal Broten (47), Tom McCarthy (22)5–419:49 MNS
Team stats
MNSDET
3141
0%0%
1/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:17 into the first period
Tom McCarthy · tripping2 min - 6:40 into the first period
Mike Blaisdell · hooking2 min - 11:11 into the first periodGordie Roberts · tripping2 min
- 0:24 into the second periodMike Blaisdell · high sticking2 min
- 2:06 into the second periodTom McCarthy · tripping2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jody GageR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |