Los Angeles Kings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Sunday, March 6, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–3 on Sunday, March 6, 1983 at Met Center.
Steve Payne scored a hat trick and George Ferguson scored a hat trick. Dino Ciccarelli, John Paul Kelly, Bobby Smith, Marcel Dionne and Mike Murphy also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Markus Mattsson stopped 12 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (33)Brad Maxwell (27), Bobby Smith (43)0–102:09 MNS · 
Steve Payne (27)Bobby Smith (44), Curt Giles (17)0–202:47 MNS
John Paul Kelly (14)Jim Fox (38), Terry Ruskowski (25)1–206:45 LAK
George Ferguson (6)Al MacAdam (19)1–315:20 MNS- George Ferguson (7)Al MacAdam (20), Tim Young (33)1–416:12 MNS
Bobby Smith (23)Craig Hartsburg (38), Steve Payne (32)1–519:45 MNS ·
2nd period
- Steve Payne (28)Dino Ciccarelli (33), Bobby Smith (45)1–602:23 MNS ·
Marcel Dionne (46)Charlie Simmer (39), Dave Taylor (24)2–602:42 LAK- Steve Payne (29)Bobby Smith (46), Dino Ciccarelli (34)2–718:38 MNS
3rd period
Mike Murphy (15)Unassisted3–702:46 LAK · - George Ferguson (8)Al MacAdam (21)3–808:04 MNS
Team stats
LAKMNS
3838
0%0%
0/53/5
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Charlie Simmer · hooking2 min - 4:15 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · hooking2 min - 7:08 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · hooking2 min
- 9:49 into the first periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodJay Wells · slashing2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodJay Wells · fighting5 min
- 18:33 into the first periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 1:21 into the second periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 5:52 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 8:06 into the second periodGary Laskoski · interference2 min
- 9:33 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · interference2 min
- 1:42 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 7Mike MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | 21 | 3 | .857 | |
| 30Markus MattssonG | L | 17 | 5 | .706 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |