Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 29, 1982 · Met Center
Scoring
1st period
Reggie Leach (6)Reed Larson (22)1–002:29 DET · 
Brian Bellows (13)Bobby Smith (25)1–107:59 MNS
Craig Hartsburg (5)Brian Bellows (16), Bobby Smith (26)1–212:05 MNS
2nd period
Reed Larson (8)Walt McKechnie (16), Joe Paterson (1)2–206:42 DET
Derek Smith (6)Danny Gare (18), Mark Osborne (11)3–214:50 DET · 
Dino Ciccarelli (25)Neal Broten (25), Tom McCarthy (31)3–315:34 MNS · - Reggie Leach (7)Walt McKechnie (17), Willie Huber (20)4–319:46 DET
3rd period
Neal Broten (19)Dino Ciccarelli (19)4–404:45 MNS
Danny Gare (11)Mark Osborne (12), Willie Huber (21)5–406:51 DET
Willi Plett (10)Tom McCarthy (32), Gordie Roberts (20)5–509:47 MNS ·
Team stats
DETMNS
2934
0%0%
2/42/5
2220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:53 into the first period
John Ogrodnick · fighting5 min - 0:53 into the first period
Dan Mandich · slashing2 min - 0:53 into the first periodDan Mandich · fighting5 min
- 3:30 into the first periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 3:30 into the first periodBob Bergloff · fighting5 min
- 3:55 into the first periodWillie Huber · hooking2 min
- 9:19 into the first periodColin Campbell · high sticking2 min
- 9:19 into the first periodTom McCarthy · slashing2 min
- 2:22 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 9:36 into the second periodWillie Huber · tripping2 min
- 13:18 into the second periodGeorge Ferguson · high sticking2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodDerek Smith · holding2 min
- 7:15 into the third periodNeal Broten · cross checking2 min
- 8:56 into the third periodWillie Huber · tripping2 min
- 10:17 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · roughing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Joe PatersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bobby FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | T | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 31Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Bob BergloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | T | 29 | 5 | .828 |