NHL game summary from April 8, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (36-28-17) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
 Boston Bruins (37-31-13) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Minnesota North Stars lead, 1 game to 0 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | MIN, | Steve Payne 1 (Craig Hartsburg, Brad Maxwell), 5:32 - PP |
| BOS, | Don Marcotte 1 (Mike Milbury, Terry O'Reilly), 12:54 | |
| MIN, | Dino Ciccarelli 1 (Bobby Smith, Craig Hartsburg), 19:28 | |
| 2: | BOS, | Dwight Foster 1, 2:29 |
| BOS, | Peter McNab 1 (Brad McCrimmon, Rick Middleton), 7:20 - PP | |
| 3: | MIN, | Steve Payne 2, :37 |
| BOS, | Peter McNab 2 (Terry O'Reilly, Don Marcotte), 7:14 | |
| MIN, | Jack Carlson 1 (Bobby Smith, Greg Smith), 11:55 | |
| 4: | MIN, | Steve Payne 3 (Tim Young, Al MacAdam), 3:34 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Mike O'Connell, BOS [Interference] 5:27 | |
| Fred Barrett, MIN [Interference] 6:39 | ||
| Stan Jonathan, BOS [Roughing] 6:39 | ||
| Al MacAdam, MIN [Hooking] 10:20 | ||
| Dick Redmond, BOS [Tripping] 14:39 | ||
| 2: | Mike Milbury, BOS [Fighting] 5:34 | |
| Jack Carlson, MIN [Unsportsmanlike conduct, Fighting, Misconduct] 5:34 | ||
| Keith Crowder, BOS [Hooking] 8:05 | ||
| 3: | Stan Jonathan, BOS [Hooking] 1:48 | |
| 4: | none | |
Penalty time: MIN: 21 minutes
BOS: 15 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred Barrett | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Neal Broten | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Kevin Maxwell | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gordie Roberts | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brad Palmer | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | 20 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Jack Carlson | 21 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Gilles Meloche | 27 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 40 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 40 | ||||||
| BOS Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Redmond | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| Ray Bourque | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Peter McNab | 8 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jean Ratelle | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Kasper | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Rick Middleton | 16 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Stan Jonathan | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| Keith Crowder | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Bobby Lalonde | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike O'Connell | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Don Marcotte | 21 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brad Park | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Terry O'Reilly | 24 | RW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | 26 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Dwight Foster | 27 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Brad McCrimmon | 29 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 32 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -5 | 32 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 14-13-11- 2-40
BOS: 10-10-10- 2-32
Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 1-0-0)
BOS: Rogie Vachon (L, 0-1-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Jim Christison, Randy Mitton
Attendance: 8,539
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