Minnesota North Stars vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, April 2, 1983 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota North Stars 8–5 on Saturday, April 2, 1983 at The Forum. The North Stars outshot the Kings 39–36.
Charlie Simmer scored twice. Brian Bellows, Tim Young, Jim Fox, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor, Jordy Douglas, Dino Ciccarelli, Warren Holmes, John Paul Kelly, Terry Ruskowski and Neal Broten also scored.
Gary Laskoski made 34 saves on 39 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Simmer (28)Larry Murphy (45)0–105:20 LAK
Brian Bellows (35)Neal Broten (44)1–118:31 MNS · 
Tim Young (18)Craig Hartsburg (48), Gordie Roberts (41)2–119:38 MNS
2nd period
Jim Fox (28)Terry Ruskowski (31), Larry Murphy (46)2–202:08 LAK
Marcel Dionne (56)Dave Taylor (35), Mark Hardy (33)2–305:05 LAK · 
Dave Taylor (21)Marcel Dionne (51), Charlie Simmer (51)2–406:06 LAK
Jordy Douglas (13)Craig Hartsburg (49), Bobby Smith (53)3–413:53 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (37)Neal Broten (45), Craig Hartsburg (50)4–417:38 MNS ·
3rd period
Warren Holmes (8)Larry Murphy (47), Dave Taylor (36)4–503:38 LAK · 
John Paul Kelly (16)Terry Ruskowski (32), Dean Kennedy (11)4–604:10 LAK
Terry Ruskowski (13)Jim Fox (40), John Paul Kelly (14)4–709:22 LAK- Charlie Simmer (29)Mark Hardy (34), Dave Taylor (37)4–812:00 LAK
Neal Broten (32)Brian Bellows (30), Tom McCarthy (48)5–817:37 MNS
Team stats
MNSLAK
3936
0%0%
1/42/5
1523
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:16 into the first period
Jay Wells · elbowing2 min - 15:16 into the first period
Dan Mandich · slashing2 min - 17:24 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 4:22 into the second periodDan Mandich · slashing2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodMark Hardy · interference2 min
- 10:01 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · game misconduct10 min
- 10:01 into the second periodMike Murphy · fighting5 min
- 10:01 into the second periodCurt Giles · fighting5 min
- 10:01 into the second periodDan Mandich · roughing2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodMike Murphy · hooking2 min
- 19:19 into the second periodDave Taylor · hooking2 min
- 1:51 into the third periodCurt Giles · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 13 | 4 | .692 | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Warren HolmesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | W | 39 | 5 | .872 |
| 30Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – |