Minnesota North Stars vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, March 17, 1984 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–3 on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the North Stars 32–25.
Goals came from Reed Larson, Gordie Roberts, Mark Napier, Steve Payne, Pierre Aubry, Ivan Boldirev and Brian Lawton.
Don Beaupre made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Reed Larson (21)Ron Duguay (43), Steve Yzerman (43)0–102:40 DET · 
Gordie Roberts (6)Dirk Graham (1), Keith Acton (43)1–108:07 MNS
Mark Napier (16)David Jensen (1), Steve Payne (28)2–112:46 MNS
2nd period
Steve Payne (25)Craig Levie (11), Mark Napier (20)3–103:43 MNS
Pierre Aubry (3)Claude Loiselle (6), Blake Dunlop (21)3–206:54 DET
3rd period
Ivan Boldirev (29)Steve Yzerman (44), Ron Duguay (44)3–306:52 DET · 
Brian Lawton (8)Brad Maxwell (51), Mark Napier (21)4–319:22 MNS
Team stats
MNSDET
2532
0%0%
0/22/5
1913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:57 into the first period
Brad Maxwell · interference2 min - 6:02 into the first period
Colin Campbell · interference2 min - 15:26 into the first periodLane Lambert · fighting5 min
- 15:26 into the first periodTom Hirsch · fighting5 min
- 0:36 into the second periodCurt Giles · hooking2 min
- 7:20 into the second periodTom Hirsch · holding2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodColin Campbell · high sticking2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodColin Campbell · roughing2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodTim Coulis · high sticking2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodTim Coulis · roughing2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodSteve Payne · hooking2 min
- 6:15 into the third periodTom McCarthy · holding2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodReed Larson · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 16Mark NapierR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 8Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18David JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Craig LevieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Tim CoulisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Tom HirschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Blake DunlopC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Pierre AubryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |