Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 22, 1983 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Thursday, December 22, 1983 at Boston Garden. The North Stars outshot the Bruins 30–27.
Brian Bellows scored twice. Rick Middleton, Mike Krushelnyski, Lars Lindgren and Curt Giles also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Middleton (20)Barry Pederson (32), Ray Bourque (22)0–106:00 BOS ·
2nd period
Mike Krushelnyski (15)Barry Pederson (33), Mike Gillis (2)0–209:09 BOS
3rd period
Brian Bellows (18)Craig Hartsburg (5), Keith Acton (20)1–205:56 MNS · 
Lars Lindgren (2)Dennis Maruk (24), Steve Payne (16)2–210:46 MNS- Brian Bellows (19)Curt Giles (14), Brian Lawton (10)3–211:00 MNS
Curt Giles (5)Dennis Maruk (25)4–212:32 MNS
Team stats
MNSBOS
3027
0%0%
1/31/5
4228
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:18 into the first period
Willi Plett · high sticking2 min - 14:37 into the first period
Mike Gillis · elbowing2 min - 14:37 into the first periodMike Gillis · fighting5 min
- 14:37 into the first periodDave Richter · high sticking2 min
- 14:37 into the first periodDave Richter · fighting5 min
- 15:51 into the first periodKeith Acton · holding2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodNevin Markwart · holding2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodNevin Markwart · roughing double minor4 min
- 5:00 into the second periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodNeal Broten · boarding2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · charging2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · game misconduct10 min
- 5:00 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · tripping2 min
- 12:05 into the second periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
- 14:38 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · holding2 min
- 14:38 into the second periodKeith Acton · roughing2 min
- 4:26 into the third periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
- 4:26 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · slashing2 min
- 4:26 into the third periodMark Napier · slashing2 min
- 7:51 into the third periodLars Lindgren · tripping2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodNevin Markwart · fighting5 min
- 11:19 into the third periodBrent Ashton · fighting5 min
- 16:35 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 30Mike MoffatG | 0 | 0 | – |