NHL game summary from April 17, 1980
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (41-28-16) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (50-22-13) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Minnesota North Stars lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 7) | |||||||
| 1: | MIN, | Tom McCarthy 3 (Tim Young, Mike Eaves), 19:11 - PP |
| 2: | MIN, | Steve Payne 4 (Al MacAdam, Bobby Smith), 4:18 |
| MTL, | Yvon Lambert 7 (Rod Langway, Gaston Gingras), 5:27 | |
| 3: | MIN, | Steve Payne 5 (Craig Hartsburg, Al MacAdam), 3:45 |
| MIN, | Curt Giles 2 (Steve Payne, Bobby Smith), 10:02 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ron Zanussi, MIN [Hooking] 9:03 |
| Brad Maxwell, MIN [Roughing] 13:48 | |
| Steve Shutt, MTL [Roughing] 13:48 | |
| Brian Engblom, MTL [Holding] 19:02 | |
| 2: | Rejean Houle, MTL [Tripping] 10:04 |
| Ron Zanussi, MIN [Holding] 18:48 | |
| 3: | Brad Maxwell, MIN [Elbowing] 5:34 |
| Doug Jarvis, MTL [Elbowing] 8:36 | |
| Danny Geoffrion, MTL [Elbowing, Fighting] 12:55 | |
| Tom McCarthy, MIN [Fighting] 12:55 | |
| Fred Barrett, MIN [Tripping] 19:33 |
Penalty time: MIN: 15 minutes
MTL: 15 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Paul Shmyr | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Ron Zanussi | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom McCarthy | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mike Polich | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Eaves | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Gilles Meloche | 27 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 32 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaston Gingras | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Danny Geoffrion | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Dupont | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Denis Herron | 32 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 41 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 41 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 7-11-14-32
MTL: 14-18- 9-41
Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 3-0-0)
MTL: Denis Herron (L, 2-2-0)
Linesmen: Ryan Bozak, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 16,156
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