Minnesota North Stars vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, March 5, 1983 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 on Saturday, March 5, 1983 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 31–24.
Goals came from Willi Plett, Dino Ciccarelli, Brad Maxwell, Mike Eaves and Reggie Leach.
Don Beaupre made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Willi Plett (21)Craig Hartsburg (37), Brian Bellows (24)1–011:32 MNS · 
Dino Ciccarelli (32)Gordie Roberts (33), Bobby Smith (42)2–017:16 MNS · 
Brad Maxwell (6)Unassisted3–018:25 MNS
2nd period
Mike Eaves (12)Brian Bellows (25)4–003:04 MNS · 
Reggie Leach (15)John Barrett (9), Paul Woods (14)4–111:14 DET
Team stats
MNSDET
2431
0%0%
2/40/4
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:09 into the first period
Willie Huber · holding2 min - 6:44 into the first period
Dan Mandich · interference2 min - 9:42 into the first periodJim Schoenfeld · holding2 min
- 13:18 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 15:53 into the first periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 15:53 into the first periodReed Larson · fighting5 min
- 15:53 into the first periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 1:43 into the second periodBobby Smith · hooking2 min
- 14:30 into the second periodBobby Smith · hooking2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodWillie Huber · elbowing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – |