Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 3, 1983 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Boston Bruins 6–2 on Saturday, December 3, 1983 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the North Stars 27–23.
Neal Broten scored twice, Brian Bellows scored twice, Gord Kluzak scored twice and Dino Ciccarelli scored twice.
Gilles Meloche made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Neal Broten (12)Curt Giles (11), Gordie Roberts (18)1–007:51 MNS · 
Brian Bellows (14)Unassisted2–014:42 MNS
Gord Kluzak (2)Barry Pederson (26), Ray Bourque (14)2–117:37 BOS ·
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (18)Brad Maxwell (17), Tom McCarthy (18)3–100:17 MNS · - Brian Bellows (15)Curt Giles (12)4–109:14 MNS
- Gord Kluzak (3)Unassisted4–211:32 BOS
- Dino Ciccarelli (19)Keith Acton (15)5–216:37 MNS ·
3rd period
- Neal Broten (13)Brad Maxwell (18)6–201:09 MNS
Team stats
MNSBOS
2327
0%0%
3/51/6
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:39 into the first period
Mike Milbury · high sticking2 min - 3:59 into the first period
Brian Lawton · interference2 min - 6:19 into the first periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 12:15 into the first periodNeal Broten · hooking2 min
- 17:24 into the first periodGordie Roberts · boarding2 min
- 18:59 into the first periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
- 8:27 into the second periodNevin Markwart · roughing2 min
- 8:27 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · roughing2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · hooking2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodLars Lindgren · hooking2 min
- 6:16 into the third periodLars Lindgren · holding2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodRandy Hillier · slashing2 min
- 17:16 into the third periodLars Lindgren · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 6Gord KluzakD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |