New York Rangers vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, March 7, 1984 · Met Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Wednesday, March 7, 1984 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Rangers 37–32.
Goals came from Brian Bellows, George Ferguson, Mark Osborne, Craig Levie, Nick Fotiu, Neal Broten, Pierre Larouche, Willi Plett and Mark Napier.
Gilles Meloche made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Bellows (36)Steve Payne (26), Keith Acton (39)0–110:15 MNS
George Ferguson (6)Paul Holmgren (15), Al MacAdam (12)0–212:36 MNS
2nd period
Mark Osborne (20)Mark Pavelich (46)1–200:32 NYR
Craig Levie (6)Tom McCarthy (29), Neal Broten (55)1–301:44 MNS
Nick Fotiu (7)Reijo Ruotsalainen (36), Mikko Leinonen (19)2–307:52 NYR
3rd period
Neal Broten (25)Dino Ciccarelli (33), Curt Giles (18)2–400:58 MNS · 
Pierre Larouche (44)Peter Sundstrom (17), Tom Laidlaw (14)3–410:40 NYR
Willi Plett (12)Unassisted3–515:21 MNS
Mark Napier (13)Gordie Roberts (44)3–619:26 MNS ·
Team stats
NYRMNS
3237
0%0%
0/51/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:14 into the first period
Craig Levie · hooking2 min - 7:11 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · elbowing2 min - 17:03 into the first periodBrian Bellows · holding2 min
- 2:36 into the second periodKent-Erik Andersson · holding2 min
- 3:34 into the second periodDon Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · charging2 min
- 19:51 into the second periodDon Maloney · tripping2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodPaul Holmgren · hooking2 min
- 11:32 into the third periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Craig LevieD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Tom HirschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |