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Thursday, February 1, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center

Red Wings 1 at North Stars 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 86OVR Bobby Smith North Stars First Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG RC L 79OVR Steve Payne North Stars Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG RC G 80OVR Gilles Meloche North Stars Third Star 26 SV · .963

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:03 Steve Payne (9) Al MacAdam (22), Brad Maxwell (18) DET 0 – 1 MNS

2nd Period

  1. 2:02 Bobby Smith (19) Al MacAdam (23), Steve Payne (10) DET 0 – 2 MNS
  2. 5:41 Tim Young (17) PPG Greg Smith (14), Mike Fidler (13) DET 0 – 3 MNS
  3. 9:29 Mike Fidler (9) Kris Manery (8) DET 0 – 4 MNS

3rd Period

  1. 0:43 Gary Sargent (11) PPG Tim Young (25), Bobby Smith (24) DET 0 – 5 MNS
  2. 6:48 Bobby Smith (20) PPG Gary Sargent (21), Jean Potvin (12) DET 0 – 6 MNS
  3. 10:31 Dennis Polonich (9) J.P. Leblanc (1), Willie Huber (11) DET 1 – 6 MNS

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
J.P. Leblanc C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Dennis Polonich C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.83
Willie Huber D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Thommie Bergman D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.23
Andre St. Laurent C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Terry Harper D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Dale McCourt C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Errol Thompson L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Nick Libett L 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Greg Carroll C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jean Hamel D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Dan Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Paul Woods C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Larry Gloekner D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Reed Larson D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.52
Perry Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -1.05
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rogie Vachon L 36 30 6 .833 60:00 -1.50

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bobby Smith C 2 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.65
Steve Payne L 1 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.98
Mike Fidler L 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Al MacAdam R 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Gary Sargent D 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Tim Young C 1 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 1.45
Greg Smith D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Kris Manery R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Jean Potvin D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Glen Sharpley C 0 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 0.53
Brad Maxwell D 0 1 2 0 0 +3 0:00 0.10
Ron Zanussi R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Per-Olov Brasar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Polich C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Tom Younghans R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Fred Barrett D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Bill Butters D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche W 27 26 1 .963 52:16 1.85
Gary Edwards — 2 2 0 1.000 7:44 0.20