Buffalo Sabres vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, February 25, 1984 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Saturday, February 25, 1984 at Met Center. The Sabres outshot the North Stars 41–23.
Mark Napier scored twice. Keith Acton, Steve Payne, Phil Housley and Willi Plett also scored.
Don Beaupre made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Napier (10)Willi Plett (21), Craig Levie (8)0–101:29 MNS
Keith Acton (18)Mark Napier (18), Brad Maxwell (45)0–217:04 MNS
2nd period
- Mark Napier (11)Unassisted0–307:28 MNS
Steve Payne (19)Neal Broten (49), Brad Maxwell (46)0–410:41 MNS · 
Phil Housley (24)Real Cloutier (32), Paul Cyr (25)1–411:20 BUF
3rd period
Willi Plett (11)Gordie Roberts (39), Keith Acton (35)1–502:26 MNS
Team stats
BUFMNS
4123
0%0%
0/71/4
814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:01 into the first period
Dennis Maruk · hooking2 min - 7:25 into the first period
Mike Ramsey · interference2 min - 9:14 into the first periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 12:47 into the first periodDave Andreychuk · interference2 min
- 2:39 into the second periodPaul Holmgren · hooking2 min
- 4:40 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodSean Mckenna · holding2 min
- 2:41 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:47 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 16:32 into the third periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
- 16:48 into the third periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Real CloutierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Claude VerretC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 16Mark NapierR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Craig LevieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18David JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 41 | 1 | .976 |