Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, March 3, 1982 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–4 on Wednesday, March 3, 1982 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 33–31.
Al MacAdam scored twice. Bobby Smith, Neal Broten, Jim Schoenfeld, Reed Larson, Mark Lofthouse, Paul Woods, Gordie Roberts and Tom McCarthy also scored.
Don Beaupre made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Smith (39)Gordie Roberts (25), Steve Payne (37)0–102:12 MNS
Neal Broten (31)Dino Ciccarelli (43), Tom McCarthy (23)0–208:20 MNS
2nd period
Jim Schoenfeld (8)Walt McKechnie (31), Mark Osborne (39)1–202:53 DET
Reed Larson (18)Mark Lofthouse (4), Vaclav Nedomansky (24)2–203:44 DET · 
Mark Lofthouse (3)Vaclav Nedomansky (25)3–212:22 DET
Paul Woods (7)John Barrett (6), Greg Smith (18)4–218:16 DET
3rd period
Gordie Roberts (3)Steve Payne (38), Al MacAdam (36)4–301:16 MNS
Al MacAdam (14)Bobby Smith (61)4–405:03 MNS- Al MacAdam (15)Curt Giles (10), Bobby Smith (62)4–507:30 MNS
Tom McCarthy (9)Dino Ciccarelli (44), Tim Young (22)4–617:31 MNS
Team stats
DETMNS
3331
0%0%
1/30/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:20 into the first period
Walt McKechnie · hooking2 min - 14:35 into the first period
Tim Young · tripping2 min - 19:26 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · slashing2 min
- 19:47 into the first periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 3:16 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 5:46 into the second periodMike Blaisdell · charging2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodPaul Woods · hooking2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodJim Schoenfeld · roughing2 min
- 3:48 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Mark LofthouseR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 17Jody GageR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 22Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 31Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |