NHL game summary from May 7, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (45-31-17) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Calgary Flames (48-33-14) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Minnesota North Stars lead, 3 games to 2 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | CAL, | Bob MacMillan 7 (Paul Reinhart, Kent Nilsson), 18:54 - PP |
| 2: | CAL, | Bob MacMillan 8 (Pekka Rautakallio, Guy Chouinard), :55 |
| 3: | CAL, | Willi Plett 7 (Paul Reinhart, Guy Chouinard), 3:54 - PP |
| MIN, | Craig Hartsburg 2 (Brad Maxwell, Bobby Smith), 16:02 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jim Peplinski, CAL [Interference] 2:29 |
| Kevin Maxwell, MIN [Tripping] 5:07 | |
| Ken Houston, CAL [Elbowing] 7:54 | |
| Willi Plett, CAL [Hi-sticking] 12:23 | |
| Jack Carlson, MIN [Delay of game] 17:39 | |
| 2: | Phil Russell, CAL [Cross checking] 10:07 |
| Paul Reinhart, CAL [Interference] 16:38 | |
| 3: | Curt Giles, MIN [Tripping] 1:55 |
| Willi Plett, CAL [Roughing] 12:23 | |
| Bob Murdoch, CAL [Interference] 14:58 | |
| Ken Houston, CAL [Elbowing] 19:18 | |
| Gordie Roberts, MIN [Elbowing] 19:18 |
Penalty time: MIN: 8 minutes
CAL: 16 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Neal Broten | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Maxwell | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordie Roberts | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Tom McCarthy | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Palmer | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Carlson | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gilles Meloche | 27 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 34 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 34 | ||||||
| CAL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Riggin | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pekka Rautakallio | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Phil Russell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Houston | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Holt | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Clement | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob MacMillan | 11 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Don Lever | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kent Nilsson | 14 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin LaVallee | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Guy Chouinard | 16 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jamie Hislop | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Gould | 19 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Murdoch | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Marsh | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Reinhart | 23 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Jim Peplinski | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Willi Plett | 25 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 27 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 27 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 10-11-13-34
CAL: 7- 7-13-27
Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 7-3-0)
CAL: Pat Riggin (W, 6-3-0)
Referee: Bruce Hood
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Bob Hodges
Attendance: 7,226
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