Detroit Red Wings vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–2 on Wednesday, December 7, 1983 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Red Wings 31–29.
Al MacAdam scored twice. Keith Acton, Brian Bellows, Ivan Boldirev, Willi Plett, Brad Smith, Dan Mandich and Brad Maxwell also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 24 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Acton (7)Steve Payne (15), Brian Bellows (18)0–102:11 MNS
Brian Bellows (16)Brad Maxwell (19)0–216:36 MNS
Ivan Boldirev (10)Randy Ladouceur (4)1–217:40 DET
2nd period
Willi Plett (3)Al MacAdam (5), Brian Lawton (7)1–305:57 MNS
Al MacAdam (7)Brian Lawton (8), Willi Plett (9)1–409:31 MNS
3rd period
- Al MacAdam (8)Brian Lawton (9), Curt Giles (13)1–506:32 MNS ·
Brad Smith (2)Andre St. Laurent (3)2–510:52 DET
Dan Mandich (1)Dennis Maruk (21)2–615:41 MNS
Brad Maxwell (9)Craig Hartsburg (4), Dennis Maruk (22)2–716:29 MNS ·
Team stats
DETMNS
2931
0%0%
0/32/5
3016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:40 into the first period
Willi Plett · hooking2 min - 6:32 into the first period
Paul Woods · tripping2 min - 12:04 into the first periodBrad Park · tripping2 min
- 14:07 into the second periodNeal Broten · tripping2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodBarry Melrose · holding2 min
- 7:19 into the third periodDan Mandich · holding2 min
- 16:01 into the third periodJohn Barrett · fighting5 min
- 16:01 into the third periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 16:21 into the third periodJoe Paterson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 16:21 into the third periodJoe Paterson · gross misconduct10 min
- 16:21 into the third periodBrad Smith · roughing2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodDan Mandich · fighting5 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 11Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 31 | 7 | .774 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 25Al MacAdamR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |