Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, January 2, 1984 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–5 on Monday, January 2, 1984 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Blackhawks 27–25.
Mark Napier scored twice and Keith Acton scored twice. Bill Gardner, Dino Ciccarelli, Gordie Roberts, Denis Savard, Rich Preston, Steve Larmer and Steve Ludzik also scored.
Don Beaupre made 20 saves on 25 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Napier (5)Neal Broten (26), Dennis Maruk (28)0–103:56 MNS
Bill Gardner (10)Doug Wilson (25)1–117:41 CHI
Dino Ciccarelli (22)Dennis Maruk (29), Brad Maxwell (23)1–218:35 MNS ·
2nd period
Gordie Roberts (3)Dennis Maruk (30), Dino Ciccarelli (18)1–312:01 MNS · 
Denis Savard (23)Unassisted2–315:19 CHI
Rich Preston (6)Doug Wilson (26), Ken Yaremchuk (6)3–316:26 CHI
3rd period
Keith Acton (9)Mark Napier (9), Brian Bellows (24)3–410:46 MNS
Steve Larmer (20)Unassisted4–410:58 CHI- Mark Napier (6)Brian Bellows (25), Lars Lindgren (8)4–512:15 MNS
- Keith Acton (10)Brent Ashton (7), Dino Ciccarelli (19)4–613:21 MNS
Steve Ludzik (6)Bill Gardner (6), Don Dietrich (1)5–617:00 CHI
Team stats
CHIMNS
2527
0%0%
0/82/7
3840
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:56 into the first period
Rich Preston · tripping2 min - 4:17 into the first period
Brian Lawton · hooking2 min - 8:49 into the first periodBrian Lawton · hooking2 min
- 11:16 into the first periodDave Feamster · holding2 min
- 12:25 into the first periodKeith Brown · high sticking2 min
- 12:25 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · high sticking2 min
- 12:25 into the first periodDennis Maruk · high sticking2 min
- 15:36 into the first periodDan Mandich · high sticking2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodAl MacAdam · tripping2 min
- 17:09 into the first periodSteve Larmer · tripping2 min
- 0:43 into the second periodRich Preston · fighting5 min
- 0:43 into the second periodDan Mandich · fighting5 min
- 3:00 into the second periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodDoug Wilson · slashing2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodBrent Ashton · hooking2 min
- 10:24 into the second periodKen Yaremchuk · delaying game2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodTim Higgins · hooking2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodKeith Acton · interference2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodPeter Marsh · tripping2 min
- 0:47 into the third periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodRandy Boyd · high sticking2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodJerome Dupont · fighting5 min
- 4:40 into the third periodJerome Dupont · misconduct10 min
- 4:40 into the third periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 4:40 into the third periodWilli Plett · misconduct10 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 14Bill GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Don DietrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Denis CyrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 25 | 5 | .800 |