Minnesota North Stars vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 3, 1984 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Friday, February 3, 1984 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the North Stars 36–21.
Goals came from Dino Ciccarelli, Dave Andreychuk, Steve Payne, Brian Bellows and Keith Acton.
Don Beaupre made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (33)Tom McCarthy (24), Neal Broten (46)1–005:39 MNS · 
Dave Andreychuk (22)Jim Wiemer (12), Hannu Virta (19)1–111:52 BUF · 
Steve Payne (17)Brian Bellows (33), Gordie Roberts (34)2–117:15 MNS
2nd period
Brian Bellows (29)Lars Lindgren (11)3–117:09 MNS
3rd period
Keith Acton (17)Brian Bellows (34)4–103:55 MNS
Team stats
MNSBUF
2136
0%0%
1/41/6
2723
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:19 into the first period
Keith Acton · tripping2 min - 2:31 into the first periodNeal Broten · tripping2 min
- 5:20 into the first period
Larry Playfair · interference2 min - 10:43 into the first periodDennis Maruk · interference2 min
- 11:38 into the second periodCraig Levie · tripping2 min
- 15:00 into the second periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 15:00 into the second periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 16:58 into the second periodPaul Cyr · fighting5 min
- 16:58 into the second periodAl MacAdam · fighting5 min
- 3:23 into the third periodPaul Cyr · fighting5 min
- 3:23 into the third periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 3:23 into the third periodGordie Roberts · fighting5 min
- 3:23 into the third periodAl MacAdam · roughing2 min
- 15:35 into the third periodAl MacAdam · tripping2 min
- 19:20 into the third periodMike Moller · tripping2 min
- 19:39 into the third periodBrent Peterson · cross checking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Craig LevieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Mal DavisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |