Minnesota North Stars vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, January 9, 1983 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–3 on Sunday, January 9, 1983 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the North Stars 42–25.
Tim Higgins scored twice. Peter Marsh, Steve Payne, Steve Larmer, Dino Ciccarelli, Rick Paterson, Denis Savard and Willi Plett also scored.
Tony Esposito made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 36 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Marsh (4)Bill Gardner (10)0–102:49 CHI
Steve Payne (22)Bobby Smith (28), Brian Bellows (18)1–104:27 MNS · 
Steve Larmer (24)Dave Feamster (4), Denis Savard (51)1–205:33 CHI
Dino Ciccarelli (27)Neal Broten (28), Tom McCarthy (36)2–214:56 MNS
2nd period
Rick Paterson (7)Peter Marsh (11), Doug Wilson (31)2–316:16 CHI ·
3rd period
Denis Savard (19)Peter Marsh (12)2–408:10 CHI
Willi Plett (12)Mike Eaves (8)3–412:10 MNS
Tim Higgins (8)Doug Crossman (23), Steve Ludzik (4)3–514:05 CHI- Tim Higgins (9)Curt Fraser (8), Steve Ludzik (5)3–617:32 CHI
Team stats
MNSCHI
2542
0%0%
1/30/3
2323
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:20 into the first period
Greg Fox · charging2 min - 6:46 into the first periodTim Higgins · fighting5 min
- 6:46 into the first period
Ron Friest · fighting5 min - 10:12 into the first periodAl Secord · high sticking2 min
- 10:12 into the first periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 10:12 into the first periodDan Mandich · roughing2 min
- 10:12 into the first periodDan Mandich · fighting5 min
- 12:55 into the first periodGreg Fox · charging2 min
- 15:53 into the first periodMike Eaves · hooking2 min
- 2:27 into the second periodSteve Payne · holding2 min
- 5:44 into the second periodDan Mandich · holding2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodGreg Fox · interference2 min
- 3:24 into the third periodAl Secord · spearing5 min
- 3:24 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · spearing5 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 42 | 6 | .857 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 17Peter MarshR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |