Minnesota North Stars vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Monday, February 25, 1985 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Monday, February 25, 1985 at Civic Arena. The North Stars outshot the Penguins 32–21.
Goals came from Gary Rissling, Neal Broten, Mike Bullard, Dirk Graham, Doug Shedden, Steve Payne, Dino Ciccarelli, Bo Berglund and Mario Lemieux.
Gilles Meloche made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Gary Rissling (7)Mitch Lamoureux (6), Wayne Babych (27)0–111:09 PIT
Neal Broten (15)Dino Ciccarelli (10), Dirk Graham (6)1–111:28 MNS
Mike Bullard (21)Mario Lemieux (43), Bryan Maxwell (7)1–218:09 PIT ·
2nd period
Dirk Graham (3)Unassisted2–202:21 MNS
Doug Shedden (31)Mario Lemieux (44), Doug Bodger (23)2–303:28 PIT
Steve Payne (25)Unassisted3–317:17 MNS · 
Dino Ciccarelli (10)Neal Broten (28), Curt Giles (20)4–317:35 MNS
Bo Berglund (6)Dennis Maruk (32), Tim Coulis (1)5–319:05 MNS
3rd period
Mario Lemieux (29)Joe McDonnell (5), Doug Bodger (24)5–400:35 PIT ·
Team stats
MNSPIT
3221
0%0%
1/32/4
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:33 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · hooking2 min - 16:50 into the first periodSteve Payne · cross checking2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · high sticking2 min
- 5:00 into the second period
Warren Young · high sticking2 min - 9:11 into the second periodMario Lemieux · hooking2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodDave Hannan · hooking2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodTim Coulis · cross checking2 min
- 5:04 into the third periodWayne Babych · hooking2 min
- 6:15 into the third periodSteve Payne · fighting5 min
- 6:15 into the third periodTroy Loney · fighting5 min
- 11:42 into the third periodTim Coulis · high sticking2 min
- 11:42 into the third periodMario Lemieux · high sticking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Bo BerglundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Tim CoulisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Gord ShervenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18David JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 21 | 4 | .809 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Doug BodgerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mitch LamoureuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Gary RisslingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Wayne BabychR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe McDonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve GatzosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 31Brian FordG | 0 | 0 | – |