Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, December 1, 1983 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 on Thursday, December 1, 1983 at Civic Arena.
Tom McCarthy scored twice. Steve Payne, Rick Kehoe, Brian Lawton, Bob Errey, Pat Boutette, Al MacAdam, Dave Hannan and Willi Plett also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Payne (9)Curt Giles (10), Brian Bellows (17)1–001:12 MNS
Rick Kehoe (12)Randy Carlyle (7), Pat Boutette (8)1–105:27 PIT ·
2nd period
Brian Lawton (5)Willi Plett (7)2–104:47 MNS
Bob Errey (4)Ted Bulley (2), Marty McSorley (3)2–210:33 PIT
Tom McCarthy (14)Dino Ciccarelli (13), Gordie Roberts (17)3–211:15 MNS
Pat Boutette (7)Tim Tookey (2), Randy Boyd (1)3–312:03 PIT
Al MacAdam (6)Willi Plett (8), Craig Hartsburg (2)4–315:13 MNS
Dave Hannan (2)Rick Kehoe (13), Rod Buskas (3)4–419:35 PIT
3rd period
- Tom McCarthy (15)Dino Ciccarelli (14), Neal Broten (20)5–401:02 MNS
Willi Plett (2)Al MacAdam (4), Brian Lawton (5)6–407:17 MNS
Team stats
MNSPIT
3131
0%0%
0/71/6
4234
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:36 into the first period
Rocky Saganiuk · interference2 min - 5:21 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · elbowing2 min - 5:35 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 5:50 into the first periodPat Boutette · interference2 min
- 8:53 into the first periodRocky Saganiuk · holding2 min
- 13:51 into the first periodNeal Broten · hooking2 min
- 16:07 into the first periodGregory Tebbutt · delaying game2 min
- 18:45 into the first periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodDave Richter · roughing2 min
- 15:49 into the second periodTroy Loney · tripping2 min
- 1:20 into the third periodRandy Boyd · high sticking2 min
- 7:48 into the third periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 15:01 into the third periodBrian Lawton · fighting5 min
- 15:01 into the third periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 15:01 into the third periodWilli Plett · misconduct10 min
- 15:01 into the third periodWilli Plett · game misconduct10 min
- 15:01 into the third periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 15:01 into the third periodMarty McSorley · game misconduct10 min
- 15:01 into the third periodPat Boutette · roughing2 min
- 15:01 into the third periodPat Boutette · fighting5 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 35Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Tim TookeyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 26Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Gregory TebbuttD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 29Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – |