Minnesota North Stars vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Minnesota North Stars 5-3 on Friday, December 23, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The North Stars outshot the Whalers 37-26.
Goals came from Sylvain Turgeon, Neal Broten, Mark Johnson, Dennis Maruk, Ray Neufeld, Bob Crawford, Blaine Stoughton and Gordie Roberts.
Ed Staniowski made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Sylvain Turgeon (16)Mark Johnson (23), Mike Crombeen (2)0–105:31 HFD
2nd period
Neal Broten (15)Lars Lindgren (6), Dino Ciccarelli (16)1–103:22 MNS · PPG
Mark Johnson (17)Ron Francis (24), Risto Siltanen (21)1–206:15 HFD · PPG
Dennis Maruk (8)Steve Payne (17)2–213:29 MNS
Ray Neufeld (14)Mark Johnson (24)2–313:40 HFD
Bob Crawford (14)Ron Francis (25)2–417:00 HFD
Blaine Stoughton (19)Ron Francis (26), Paul Lawless (3)2–517:28 HFD
3rd period
Gordie Roberts (2)Steve Payne (18)3–500:53 MNS
Team stats
MNSHFD
37Shots on goal26
0%Faceoff %0%
1/3Power play1/4
19Penalty minutes17
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:06
Ed Hospodar · hooking2 min - 1st 12:14Bob Crawford · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:04
Dino Ciccarelli · hooking2 min - 2nd 02:03Ed Hospodar · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 05:02Craig Hartsburg · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:58Greg Malone · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:58Dave Richter · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:58Dave Richter · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:38Torrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:38Willi Plett · fighting5 min
- 3rd 03:41Craig Hartsburg · slashing2 min
- 3rd 12:18Sylvain Turgeon · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 12:18Brian Bellows · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:38Greg Malone · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:38Curt Giles · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | 58:44 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Steve StoyanovichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | W | 37 | 34 | 3 | .919 | 60:00 |
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |