Minnesota North Stars vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, March 28, 1982 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Sunday, March 28, 1982 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the North Stars 48–29.
Goals came from Dino Ciccarelli, Garry Howatt, Steve Payne, Blaine Stoughton, Al MacAdam, Neal Broten and Tom McCarthy.
Gilles Meloche made 46 saves on 48 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (53)Neal Broten (56), Tom McCarthy (28)1–004:11 MNS
2nd period
Garry Howatt (18)Blaine Stoughton (37), Ron Francis (42)1–109:53 HFD
Steve Payne (32)Bobby Smith (71), Al MacAdam (42)2–118:01 MNS
3rd period
Blaine Stoughton (50)Mark Howe (43), Jordy Douglas (6)2–205:37 HFD · 
Al MacAdam (17)Steve Payne (43), Tim Young (31)3–212:24 MNS · 
Neal Broten (36)Unassisted4–213:59 MNS
Tom McCarthy (11)Neal Broten (57)5–217:46 MNS
Team stats
MNSHFD
2948
0%0%
1/31/4
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:50 into the first period
Fred Barrett · hooking2 min - 4:56 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 4:56 into the first periodCurt Giles · hooking2 min
- 12:59 into the first period
Paul Shmyr · closing hand on puck2 min - 16:35 into the first periodJordy Douglas · hooking2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodDon Nachbaur · roughing2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodJack Carlson · slashing2 min
- 19:53 into the second periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 19:53 into the second periodJack Carlson · fighting5 min
- 5:10 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 10:48 into the third periodMark Howe · hooking2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodGarry Howatt · holding2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodJack Carlson · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 48 | 2 | .958 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |