Chicago Blackhawks vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, March 6, 1985 · Met Center
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–4 on Wednesday, March 6, 1985 at Met Center. The Blackhawks outshot the North Stars 31–20.
Steve Payne scored twice. Steve Larmer, Behn Wilson, Brian Bellows, Rick Paterson, Ken Yaremchuk, Keith Acton and Denis Savard also scored.
Murray Bannerman made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Larmer (38)Denis Savard (55), Behn Wilson (17)1–008:57 CHI
Behn Wilson (8)Troy Murray (33), Eddie Olczyk (24)2–016:45 CHI
2nd period
Brian Bellows (25)Dennis Maruk (34), Gordie Roberts (36)2–104:22 MNS · 
Rick Paterson (6)Keith Brown (21), Bill Gardner (31)3–108:06 CHI
3rd period
Ken Yaremchuk (10)Darryl Sutter (13), Tom Lysiak (27)4–101:41 CHI
Steve Payne (26)Brian Bellows (31), Neal Broten (33)4–203:47 MNS · 
Keith Acton (17)Gord Sherven (15), Bo Berglund (7)4–310:13 MNS- Steve Payne (27)Unassisted4–411:51 MNS
Denis Savard (33)Darryl Sutter (14), Doug Wilson (47)5–418:24 CHI
Team stats
CHIMNS
3120
0%0%
0/32/7
168
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 19:17 into the first period
Al Secord · holding2 min - 2:31 into the second periodBob Murray · hooking2 min
- 6:03 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · holding2 min
- 9:28 into the second periodCurt Fraser · slashing2 min
- 11:46 into the second period
Dan Mandich · slashing2 min - 13:56 into the second periodRick Paterson · roughing double minor4 min
- 13:56 into the second periodDennis Maruk · roughing2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 2:00 into the third periodDarryl Sutter · hooking2 min
- 2:39 into the third periodSteve Ludzik · slashing2 min
- 13:12 into the third periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Ken YaremchukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | W | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 34Chris CliffordG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Bo BerglundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Gord ShervenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 31Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Don BiggsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |