Minnesota North Stars vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, January 3, 1985 · The Forum
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–3 on Thursday, January 3, 1985 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the North Stars 32–25.
Bernie Nicholls scored twice, Keith Acton scored a hat trick and Tom McCarthy scored a hat trick. Dave Taylor, Brian Bellows and Steve Payne also scored.
Roland Melanson made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Bob Janecyk stopped 11 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Bernie Nicholls (23)Jim Fox (29), Terry Ruskowski (20)0–105:13 LAK
Dave Taylor (19)Steve Shutt (6), Marcel Dionne (30)0–207:15 LAK
Keith Acton (9)Curt Giles (10)1–209:47 MNS
Tom McCarthy (11)Neal Broten (16), Mark Napier (16)2–214:39 MNS
2nd period
- Keith Acton (10)Neal Broten (17), Tony McKegney (13)3–200:48 MNS
- Keith Acton (11)Neal Broten (18), Gordie Roberts (20)4–206:51 MNS ·
- Bernie Nicholls (24)Brian MacLellan (24), Jim Fox (30)4–313:45 LAK ·
Brian Bellows (15)Tom McCarthy (15)5–314:44 MNS
3rd period
- Tom McCarthy (12)Mark Napier (17), Bob Rouse (5)6–308:46 MNS
- Tom McCarthy (13)Mark Napier (18), Bob Rouse (6)7–309:07 MNS
Steve Payne (15)Keith Acton (22), Randy Velischek (1)8–317:50 MNS
Team stats
MNSLAK
2532
0%0%
1/21/7
166
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:58 into the first period
Phil Sykes · holding2 min - 8:58 into the first period
Harold Snepsts · high sticking2 min - 15:59 into the first periodSteve Payne · tripping2 min
- 17:21 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:26 into the first periodNeal Broten · hooking2 min
- 5:07 into the second periodGarry Galley · hooking2 min
- 8:29 into the second periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
- 12:04 into the second periodBrian Lawton · tripping2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 18:34 into the second periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 14:07 into the third periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Tim TrimperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Carl MokosakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Craig RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob JanecykG | L | 16 | 5 | .688 |
| 35Darren EliotG | 9 | 3 | .667 |