Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, January 19, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 on Wednesday, January 19, 1983 at Met Center. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 33–28.
Goals came from Steve Payne, Tom McCarthy, Reggie Leach, Craig Hartsburg and John Ogrodnick.
Gilles Meloche made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Payne (24)Brad Maxwell (17), Brian Bellows (20)0–102:42 MNS · 
Tom McCarthy (17)Dino Ciccarelli (22)0–204:39 MNS
Reggie Leach (9)Ivan Boldirev (22), Mark Osborne (15)1–217:33 DET
2nd period
Craig Hartsburg (8)Bobby Smith (31)1–317:04 MNS ·
3rd period
John Ogrodnick (23)Unassisted2–308:38 DET
Team stats
DETMNS
3328
0%0%
0/52/3
1014
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:30 into the first period
John Ogrodnick · holding2 min - 5:15 into the first periodGreg Stefan · slashing2 min
- 5:15 into the first period
Willi Plett · boarding2 min - 5:15 into the first periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 15:29 into the first periodBrian Bellows · tripping2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodTim Young · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodJim Schoenfeld · slashing2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min
- 14:36 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · tripping2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodReed Larson · hooking2 min
- 2:36 into the third periodFred Barrett · tripping2 min
- 9:13 into the third periodColin Campbell · hooking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 31Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |