Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, January 8, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 on Saturday, January 8, 1983 at Met Center. The Blackhawks outshot the North Stars 37–27.
Goals came from Neal Broten, Willi Plett, Tim Young, Tom Lysiak and Tom McCarthy.
Gilles Meloche made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Neal Broten (20)Tom McCarthy (34), Brad Maxwell (14)0–102:17 MNS
Willi Plett (11)Tom McCarthy (35), Dino Ciccarelli (20)0–205:04 MNS · 
Tim Young (9)Bobby Smith (27)0–306:09 MNS · 
Tom Lysiak (15)Doug Crossman (22), Keith Brown (26)1–319:30 CHI ·
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (16)Dino Ciccarelli (21)1–404:12 MNS
Team stats
CHIMNS
3727
0%0%
1/62/4
2121
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:40 into the first period
Darryl Sutter · hooking2 min - 4:35 into the first periodDave Feamster · slashing2 min
- 10:02 into the first period
Neal Broten · hooking2 min - 18:19 into the first periodJordy Douglas · tripping2 min
- 0:38 into the second periodDarryl Sutter · roughing double minor4 min
- 0:38 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 5:38 into the second periodBobby Smith · holding2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodTim Higgins · tripping2 min
- 17:00 into the second periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 19:06 into the second periodRich Preston · hooking2 min
- 7:04 into the third periodBobby Smith · roughing2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodDenis Savard · slashing2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodTim Higgins · roughing2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodTim Higgins · fighting5 min
- 14:54 into the third periodTim Young · roughing2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodTim Young · fighting5 min
- 16:01 into the third periodNeal Broten · holding2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 37 | 1 | .973 |