Minnesota North Stars vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, October 26, 1982 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 5–3 on Tuesday, October 26, 1982 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The North Stars outshot the Devils 30–28.
Steve Payne scored twice. Aaron Broten, Dino Ciccarelli, Steve Tambellini, Mike Kitchen, Tom McCarthy and Al MacAdam also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Payne (2)Mike Eaves (2), Al MacAdam (4)1–009:52 MNS
2nd period
- Steve Payne (3)Tim Young (4), Curt Giles (3)2–010:01 MNS ·
Aaron Broten (2)Hector Marini (4), Tapio Levo (5)2–119:48 NJD · 
Dino Ciccarelli (10)Tom McCarthy (10)3–119:59 MNS
3rd period
Steve Tambellini (4)Brent Ashton (3), Hector Marini (5)3–201:57 NJD
Mike Kitchen (2)Rick Meagher (4), Jukka Porvari (2)3–303:55 NJD
Tom McCarthy (4)Unassisted4–305:28 MNS
Al MacAdam (3)Gordie Roberts (4), Tim Young (5)5–319:59 MNS ·
Team stats
MNSNJD
3028
0%0%
0/21/3
119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:15 into the first period
Mike Kitchen · holding2 min - 8:41 into the second period
Dan Mandich · cross checking2 min - 8:41 into the second periodDan Mandich · fighting5 min
- 8:41 into the second periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
- 14:48 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:09 into the second periodBrian Bellows · holding2 min
- 11:05 into the third periodAaron Broten · interference2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Jukka PorvariR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 88Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |