Minnesota North Stars vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Friday, October 7, 1983 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Minnesota North Stars 10–9 on Friday, October 7, 1983 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the North Stars 36–31.
Brian Bellows scored twice, Patrik Sundstrom scored twice and Tony Tanti scored twice. Craig Hartsburg, Dennis Maruk, Rick Lanz, Stan Smyl, Dino Ciccarelli, Neal Broten, Darcy Rota, Tom McCarthy, Jere Gillis, Thomas Gradin, Jiri Bubla, Jordy Douglas and Willi Plett also scored.
John Garrett made 22 saves on 31 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 26 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (1)Gordie Roberts (1), Neal Broten (1)1–006:13 MNS · 
Craig Hartsburg (2)Brad Maxwell (2), Brian Bellows (1)2–007:21 MNS · 
Patrik Sundstrom (1)Kevin McCarthy (2), Lars Lindgren (1)2–109:26 VAN · 
Dennis Maruk (1)Brent Ashton (1), Dan Mandich (1)3–110:52 MNS
Rick Lanz (1)Jiri Bubla (2), Thomas Gradin (2)3–213:56 VAN · 
Stan Smyl (2)Thomas Gradin (3), Jiri Bubla (3)3–317:41 VAN · 
Dino Ciccarelli (2)Tom McCarthy (1)4–318:39 MNS
2nd period
Neal Broten (1)Brad Maxwell (3), Gordie Roberts (2)5–300:48 MNS- Brian Bellows (2)Gordie Roberts (3), Neal Broten (2)6–306:39 MNS ·
Tony Tanti (2)Unassisted6–410:33 VAN- Tony Tanti (3)Kevin McCarthy (3), Patrik Sundstrom (1)6–517:09 VAN ·
Darcy Rota (1)Stan Smyl (1), Jiri Bubla (4)6–618:00 VAN ·
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (1)Dennis Maruk (2), Brad Maxwell (4)7–601:36 MNS · 
Jere Gillis (1)Stan Smyl (2), Kevin McCarthy (4)7–703:34 VAN
Thomas Gradin (1)Darcy Rota (1), Rick Lanz (1)7–806:37 VAN
Jiri Bubla (1)Darcy Rota (2), Rick Lanz (2)7–909:37 VAN · 
Jordy Douglas (1)Brad Maxwell (5), Dan Mandich (2)8–910:00 MNS
Willi Plett (1)Dennis Maruk (3), Dan Mandich (3)9–910:16 MNS- Patrik Sundstrom (2)Unassisted9–1015:04 VAN
Team stats
MNSVAN
3136
0%0%
4/66/12
3119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:00 into the first period
Craig Hartsburg · hooking2 min - 5:16 into the first periodDon Beaupre · slashing2 min
- 5:16 into the first period
Darcy Rota · slashing2 min - 5:16 into the first periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 5:45 into the first periodGarth Butcher · holding2 min
- 7:46 into the first periodCurt Giles · hooking2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodSteve Payne · tripping2 min
- 13:49 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min
- 15:10 into the first periodJordy Douglas · tripping2 min
- 16:15 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · cross checking2 min
- 18:45 into the first periodLars Lindgren · hooking2 min
- 4:39 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 5:40 into the second periodJiri Bubla · hooking2 min
- 5:40 into the second periodStan Smyl · high sticking2 min
- 11:54 into the second periodDennis Maruk · holding2 min
- 15:21 into the second periodDan Mandich · cross checking2 min
- 16:21 into the second periodJordy Douglas · holding2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodJere Gillis · tripping2 min
- 8:37 into the third periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 14:49 into the third periodSteve Payne · fighting5 min
- 14:49 into the third periodDarcy Rota · fighting5 min
- 15:04 into the third periodDon Beaupre · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 36 | 10 | .722 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 29Jiri BublaD | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Jere GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31John GarrettG | W | 31 | 9 | .710 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |