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Wednesday, March 18, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center

Oilers 5 at North Stars 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Wayne Gretzky Oilers First Star 4A · 3 SOG C 95OVR Brett Callighen Oilers Second Star 2G · 6 SOG C 84OVR Tim Young North Stars Third Star 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:36 Dino Ciccarelli (11) PPG Bobby Smith (57), Tim Young (35) EDM 0 – 1 MNS
  2. 5:51 Brett Callighen (20) PPG Wayne Gretzky (86), Doug Hicks (16) EDM 1 – 1 MNS
  3. 14:14 Brad Palmer (3) Gordie Roberts (36), Steve Christoff (10) EDM 1 – 2 MNS

2nd Period

  1. 5:26 Jari Kurri (25) PPG Wayne Gretzky (87) EDM 2 – 2 MNS
  2. 19:18 Glenn Anderson (21) Matti Hagman (30), Mark Messier (32) EDM 3 – 2 MNS

3rd Period

  1. 6:31 Dave Hunter (11) Wayne Gretzky (88) EDM 4 – 2 MNS
  2. 14:55 Brett Callighen (21) Wayne Gretzky (89), Kevin Lowe (23) EDM 5 – 2 MNS
  3. 18:19 Jack Carlson (5) Tim Young (36) EDM 5 – 3 MNS

Edmonton Oilers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Wayne Gretzky C 0 4 3 +1 2.88
Brett Callighen C 2 0 6 0 1.95
Glenn Anderson R 1 0 4 +2 1.35
Doug Hicks D 0 1 5 0 1.00
Matti Hagman C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Mark Messier C 0 1 4 +1 0.93
Kevin Lowe D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Dave Hunter L 1 0 1 0 0.83
Jari Kurri R 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Risto Siltanen D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dave Semenko L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Garry Lariviere D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Paul Coffey D 0 0 3 0 0.07
Stan Weir C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Garry Unger C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Curt Brackenbury R 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Edwards W 28 25 3 .893 60:00 0.25

Minnesota North Stars

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Tim Young C 0 2 2 +1 1.55
Jack Carlson L 1 0 2 0 0.90
Brad Palmer L 1 0 5 -1 0.68
Dino Ciccarelli R 1 0 1 -1 0.68
Bobby Smith C 0 1 4 -2 0.63
Gordie Roberts D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Steve Christoff C 0 1 0 -1 0.32
Tom Younghans R 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Kent-Erik Andersson R 0 0 3 0 0.22
Craig Hartsburg D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Paul Shmyr D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Greg Smith D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ron Friest L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mike Polich C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Curt Giles D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Fred Barrett D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Brad Maxwell D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Meloche L 18 15 3 .833 22:29 -0.75
Don Beaupre — 20 18 2 .900 37:31 0.30