Minnesota North Stars vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, December 20, 1983 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 5–2 on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the North Stars 29–20.
Goals came from Brian Bellows, Craig Hartsburg, Brian Lawton, Curt Giles, Bernie Federko, Tom McCarthy and Jack Carlson.
Gilles Meloche made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 10 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (17)Keith Acton (17)1–007:36 MNS · 
Craig Hartsburg (5)Mark Napier (6), Brad Maxwell (22)2–015:02 MNS ·
2nd period
Brian Lawton (6)Willi Plett (10), Dennis Maruk (23)3–008:49 MNS
Curt Giles (4)Brian Bellows (21), Keith Acton (18)4–017:36 MNS · 
Bernie Federko (21)Brian Sutter (21), Joe Mullen (18)4–119:41 STL
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (20)Brian Bellows (22), Keith Acton (19)5–108:37 MNS · 
Jack Carlson (2)Tim Bothwell (5), Alain Lemieux (5)5–213:13 STL
Team stats
MNSSTL
2029
0%0%
3/40/6
2410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:42 into the first period
Dan Mandich · holding2 min - 7:15 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 11:37 into the first periodDave Richter · roughing2 min
- 14:12 into the first period
Brian Sutter · holding2 min - 16:12 into the first periodMark Napier · holding2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodPat Hickey · interference2 min
- 14:06 into the second periodDennis Maruk · interference2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodBernie Federko · holding2 min
- 7:14 into the third periodJorgen Pettersson · hooking2 min
- 7:35 into the third periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 7:35 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · game misconduct10 min
- 7:35 into the third periodJack Carlson · roughing2 min
- 8:54 into the third periodCurt Giles · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jack CarlsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Alain LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Tim BothwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 61Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 14 | 4 | .714 |
| 31Rick HeinzG | 6 | 1 | .833 |