Minnesota North Stars vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, February 15, 1983 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Tuesday, February 15, 1983 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The North Stars outshot the Devils 30–26.
Goals came from Aaron Broten, Craig Hartsburg, Bobby Smith, Brent Ashton and Neal Broten.
Gilles Meloche made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Aaron Broten (10)Jeff Larmer (10)0–102:30 NJD
Craig Hartsburg (11)Bobby Smith (36)1–111:46 MNS
2nd period
Bobby Smith (18)Tim Young (29), Gilles Meloche (1)2–105:25 MNS · 
Brent Ashton (11)Mike Antonovich (5)2–213:10 NJD ·
3rd period
Neal Broten (25)Tom McCarthy (40), Brad Maxwell (22)3–208:07 MNS
Team stats
MNSNJD
3026
0%0%
1/21/4
1511
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:46 into the first period
Al MacAdam · high sticking2 min - 6:46 into the first period
Mike Kitchen · high sticking2 min - 8:49 into the first periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 15:10 into the first periodBrian Bellows · fighting5 min
- 15:10 into the first periodBrent Ashton · fighting5 min
- 17:00 into the first periodWilli Plett · cross checking2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodMurray Brumwell · hooking2 min
- 9:53 into the second periodDon Lever · holding2 min
- 13:06 into the second periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
- 16:12 into the second periodJordy Douglas · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 7Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Mike AntonovichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |