Toronto Maple Leafs vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 28, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 8–6 on Wednesday, December 28, 1983 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Maple Leafs 44–26.
Brad Maxwell scored twice. Brian Bellows, Dan Mandich, Neal Broten, Willi Plett, Craig Hartsburg, Greg Terrion, Jim Benning, Frank Nigro, Pat Graham, Dave Farrish, George Ferguson and Rick Vaive also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 20 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 36 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (20)Craig Hartsburg (6), Keith Acton (21)0–107:09 MNS · 
Dan Mandich (2)Dennis Maruk (26), Brent Ashton (4)0–207:40 MNS
2nd period
Neal Broten (16)Al MacAdam (6), Gordie Roberts (21)0–301:54 MNS
Willi Plett (4)Gordie Roberts (22), Neal Broten (24)0–402:03 MNS
Brad Maxwell (10)Brian Bellows (23), Brent Ashton (5)0–510:34 MNS
Craig Hartsburg (6)Mark Napier (8), Brian Lawton (11)0–612:18 MNS
Greg Terrion (9)Gaston Gingras (14)1–612:27 TOR
Jim Benning (7)Rick Vaive (19), Dave Farrish (13)2–616:22 TOR
Frank Nigro (1)Jim Benning (21), Dan Daoust (34)3–617:19 TOR
3rd period
Pat Graham (3)Greg Terrion (5), Gary Nylund (1)4–603:10 TOR- Brad Maxwell (11)Dennis Maruk (27), Craig Hartsburg (7)4–706:42 MNS ·
Dave Farrish (3)Peter Ihnacak (6), Frank Nigro (3)5–707:31 TOR
George Ferguson (2)Unassisted5–809:03 MNS
Rick Vaive (29)John Anderson (24), Dan Daoust (35)6–819:21 TOR
Team stats
TORMNS
2644
0%0%
0/52/2
410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:15 into the first period
Dave Farrish · tripping2 min - 14:56 into the first period
Willi Plett · charging2 min - 3:01 into the second periodLars Lindgren · hooking2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodBrian Lawton · holding2 min
- 4:43 into the third periodDan Daoust · tripping2 min
- 11:03 into the third periodDan Mandich · holding2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodBrent Ashton · hooking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Greg TerrionC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Frank NigroC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 28Dave FarrishD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Pat GrahamL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gary NylundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick St. CroixG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 44 | 8 | .818 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 26 | 6 | .769 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |