Monday, December 31, 1979 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Penguins 2 at North Stars 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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10:14
Tim Young (14) PPG Gary Sargent (17), Al MacAdam (27) PIT 0 – 1 MNS
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11:39
Tom McCarthy (8) Kent-Erik Andersson (6), Mike Eaves (8) PIT 0 – 2 MNS
2nd Period
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7:05
Ross Lonsberry (5) PPG Dale Tallon (3) PIT 1 – 2 MNS
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12:49
Orest Kindrachuk (13) Rick Kehoe (13), Ross Lonsberry (14) PIT 2 – 2 MNS
3rd Period
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3:29
Tim Young (15) Steve Payne (20), Al MacAdam (28) PIT 2 – 3 MNS
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3:36
Al MacAdam (19) Tim Young (17) PIT 2 – 4 MNS
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Lonsberry L | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.75 |
| Orest Kindrachuk C | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.13 |
| Rick Kehoe R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.93 |
| Dale Tallon D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.63 |
| Peter Lee R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| George Ferguson C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Rod Schutt L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Ron Stackhouse D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Randy Carlyle D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.07 |
| Kim Clackson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Gary McAdam R | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | -0.07 |
| Russ Anderson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Bob Stewart D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.22 |
| Pat Hughes R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.30 |
| Tom Bladon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | -0.38 |
| Gregg Sheppard C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0:00 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Millen | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 59:44 | -0.30 |
Minnesota North Stars
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Young C | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 2.43 |
| Al MacAdam R | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 2.30 |
| Tom McCarthy L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.13 |
| Steve Payne L | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.93 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Mike Eaves C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.85 |
| Greg Smith D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 0.45 |
| Gary Sargent D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.40 |
| Ron Zanussi R | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.38 |
| Brad Maxwell D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0:00 | 0.38 |
| Glen Sharpley C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Mike Polich C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Tom Younghans R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Fred Barrett D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Mike Fidler L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Paul Shmyr D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Craig Hartsburg D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Meloche | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 60:00 | 1.60 |