Minnesota North Stars vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Monday, January 21, 1985 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota North Stars 7–2 on Monday, January 21, 1985 at Chicago Stadium. The North Stars outshot the Blackhawks 35–28.
Steve Larmer scored twice and Steve Payne scored twice. Eddie Olczyk, Dan Frawley, Denis Savard, Bill Gardner and Doug Wilson also scored.
Murray Bannerman made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 12 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Larmer (29)Denis Savard (38), Bill Gardner (26)0–106:25 CHI
Eddie Olczyk (12)Doug Wilson (34), Ken Yaremchuk (6)0–210:47 CHI · 
Dan Frawley (1)Steve Ludzik (12), Thomas Mcmurchy (1)0–312:06 CHI
Steve Payne (17)Keith Acton (28), Ken Solheim (7)1–315:45 MNS ·
2nd period
Denis Savard (25)Steve Larmer (23), Behn Wilson (13)1–402:00 CHI
Bill Gardner (12)Denis Savard (39), Doug Wilson (35)1–505:27 CHI · 
Doug Wilson (13)Unassisted1–619:59 CHI
3rd period
- Steve Payne (18)Neal Broten (23), Dave Richter (6)2–600:20 MNS
- Steve Larmer (30)Tom Lysiak (15), Doug Wilson (36)2–712:16 CHI ·
Team stats
MNSCHI
3528
0%0%
1/73/6
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Randy Velischek · holding2 min - 3:23 into the first period
Steve Ludzik · holding2 min - 9:28 into the first periodBo Berglund · tripping2 min
- 13:51 into the first periodJerome Dupont · cross checking2 min
- 16:37 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodKeith Acton · holding2 min
- 5:03 into the second periodGordie Roberts · elbowing2 min
- 12:49 into the second periodEddie Olczyk · holding2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodMurray Bannerman · slashing2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodNeal Broten · slashing2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodDoug Wilson · holding2 min
- 11:28 into the third periodSteve Payne · slashing2 min
- 12:23 into the third periodDan Frawley · hooking2 min
- 16:42 into the third periodThomas Mcmurchy · roughing2 min
- 16:42 into the third periodScott Bjugstad · roughing2 min
- 17:16 into the third periodJack O'Callahan · holding2 min
- 18:25 into the third periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 44Steve PayneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 31Ken SolheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Bo BerglundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18David JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 11 | 2 | .818 | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 17 | 5 | .706 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Thomas McmurchyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31Dan FrawleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren SkorodenskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Murray BannermanG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |