Minnesota North Stars vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, January 18, 1984 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota North Stars 9–4 on Wednesday, January 18, 1984 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the North Stars 37–34.
John Anderson scored twice and Rick Vaive scored a hat trick. Neal Broten, Rich Costello, Brian Bellows, Terry Martin, Tom McCarthy, Steve Payne, Walt Poddubny and Jim Benning also scored.
Allan Bester made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 22 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
John Anderson (24)Dan Daoust (39), Dave Farrish (15)0–102:05 TOR · 
Neal Broten (18)Craig Levie (5)1–103:04 MNS
Rick Vaive (36)Jim Benning (24), Dan Daoust (40)1–207:38 TOR
Rich Costello (1)Walt Poddubny (4)1–312:53 TOR- Rick Vaive (37)Unassisted1–417:34 TOR
Brian Bellows (26)Keith Acton (26), Brad Maxwell (29)2–418:52 MNS
2nd period
Terry Martin (5)Greg Terrion (7), Borje Salming (23)2–501:26 TOR
Tom McCarthy (27)Dino Ciccarelli (24), Neal Broten (37)3–503:07 MNS · - John Anderson (25)Borje Salming (24)3–611:51 TOR
Steve Payne (13)Mark Napier (13), Brad Maxwell (30)4–612:11 MNS
Walt Poddubny (3)Jim Korn (7), Rich Costello (1)4–712:57 TOR
Jim Benning (10)Dan Daoust (41), Borje Salming (25)4–819:44 TOR ·
3rd period
- Rick Vaive (38)Unassisted4–900:11 TOR
Team stats
MNSTOR
3437
0%0%
1/52/3
2236
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:57 into the first period
Dave Richter · holding2 min - 6:16 into the first periodWilli Plett · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:16 into the first periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 6:16 into the first period
Gary Nylund · roughing2 min - 6:16 into the first periodGary Nylund · fighting5 min
- 10:18 into the first periodRick Vaive · tripping2 min
- 10:41 into the first periodTom McCarthy · holding2 min
- 10:41 into the first periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 14:01 into the first periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 14:01 into the first periodGary Nylund · fighting5 min
- 16:21 into the first periodDave Richter · holding2 min
- 16:49 into the first periodJim Benning · slashing2 min
- 2:35 into the second periodWalt Poddubny · hooking2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodJim Korn · tripping2 min
- 18:59 into the second periodBrian Bellows · roughing2 min
- 18:59 into the second periodJim Korn · misconduct10 min
- 18:59 into the second periodTerry Martin · roughing2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 18:55 into the third periodGary Nylund · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 34Craig LevieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 30 | 8 | .733 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 7 | 1 | .857 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 22Rick VaiveR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich CostelloC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Dave FarrishD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 2Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick St. CroixG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Allan BesterG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |