Quebec Nordiques vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, February 17, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–3 on Thursday, February 17, 1983 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Nordiques 44–29.
Willi Plett scored twice, Michel Goulet scored twice and Brian Bellows scored twice. Wilf Paiement, Al MacAdam and Tom McCarthy also scored.
Don Beaupre made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 38 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Wilf Paiement (18)Marc Tardif (22), Michel Goulet (35)1–006:16 QUE · 
Willi Plett (18)Neal Broten (32), Dino Ciccarelli (30)1–107:47 MNS · 
Michel Goulet (44)Peter Stastny (55), Anton Stastny (44)2–109:01 QUE · 
Brian Bellows (21)Bobby Smith (37)2–219:20 MNS
Al MacAdam (10)Mike Eaves (12), George Ferguson (7)2–319:54 MNS
2nd period
- Michel Goulet (45)Real Cloutier (28), Marc Tardif (23)3–303:29 QUE
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (24)Neal Broten (33), Craig Hartsburg (34)3–401:57 MNS- Brian Bellows (22)Bobby Smith (38), Steve Payne (28)3–511:16 MNS
- Willi Plett (19)Tim Young (30), Jordy Douglas (11)3–617:49 MNS
Team stats
QUEMNS
2944
0%0%
2/51/5
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:50 into the first period
Dan Mandich · slashing2 min - 6:52 into the first period
Randy Moller · holding2 min - 8:07 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 10:53 into the first periodAl MacAdam · fighting5 min
- 10:53 into the first periodBlake Wesley · fighting5 min
- 12:16 into the first periodJean Hamel · hooking2 min
- 4:04 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodWilli Plett · interference2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodMichel Goulet · tripping2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodDan Mandich · slashing2 min
- 18:21 into the third periodBlake Wesley · holding2 min
- 18:21 into the third periodDan Bouchard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:44 into the third periodSteve Payne · fighting5 min
- 19:44 into the third periodRandy Moller · fighting5 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 16Michel GouletL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | L | 44 | 6 | .864 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |