Pittsburgh Penguins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, March 15, 1982 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Monday, March 15, 1982 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The Penguins outshot the North Stars 40–38.
Goals came from Steve Payne, Randy Carlyle, Neal Broten, Mark Johnson, Jim Hamilton, Brad Palmer and Rick Kehoe.
Gilles Meloche made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Gary Edwards stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Payne (28)Bobby Smith (67), Gordie Roberts (29)0–101:26 MNS
Randy Carlyle (11)Pat Boutette (47), Paul Baxter (30)1–104:47 PIT · 
Neal Broten (33)Dino Ciccarelli (47), Craig Hartsburg (56)1–219:15 MNS
2nd period
Mark Johnson (11)Neal Broten (52), Tim Young (26)1–309:40 MNS ·
3rd period
Jim Hamilton (2)George Ferguson (28), Randy Carlyle (55)2–306:15 PIT
Brad Palmer (21)Al MacAdam (38), Brad Maxwell (21)2–410:17 MNS
Rick Kehoe (32)Rick MacLeish (25)3–419:04 PIT
Team stats
PITMNS
4038
0%0%
1/81/4
1218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:21 into the first period
Curt Giles · hooking2 min - 6:42 into the first period
Randy Boyd · tripping2 min - 7:28 into the first periodAl MacAdam · hooking2 min
- 12:11 into the first periodFred Barrett · interference2 min
- 16:05 into the first periodPat Boutette · elbowing2 min
- 16:41 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 3:06 into the second periodJack Carlson · elbowing2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodBobby Smith · cross checking2 min
- 9:08 into the second periodPeter Lee · hooking2 min
- 12:20 into the second periodDave Richter · tripping2 min
- 13:20 into the second periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 13:53 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 2:55 into the third periodDave Richter · holding2 min
- 6:45 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · slashing2 min
- 6:45 into the third periodJim Hamilton · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Jim HamiltonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gary EdwardsG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 31Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |