🌌 Away North Stars 37-30-0 before this game

2–5

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 30-39-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MNS	0	0	0	2
PIT	0	0	0	5

North Stars at Penguins

Penguins beat North Stars 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on March 15, 1980.

🗓 Sat, Mar 15, 1980 · 19:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1979-80 🔁 North Stars lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Orest Kindrachuk

2 G, 2 A

2 shots · +4

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Rick Kehoe

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · +3

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Paul Marshall

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌌MNS PIT🐧

28 Shots on goal 33

0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

8 Penalty minutes 15

MNS shooting 7.1% (2/28) PIT shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌌North Stars

Gilles Meloche

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:31 TOI

🐧Penguins

Nick Ricci

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

North Stars

North Stars — tied after 1st: 37-30 (55% win rate, 67 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 30-39 (43% win rate, 69 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

North Stars

North Stars — tied after 2nd: 37-30 (55% win rate, 67 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 30-39 (43% win rate, 69 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

North Stars lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

Feb 9, 1980

🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT

5–2 · North Stars won

Dec 31, 1979

🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS

2–4 · North Stars won

❓ MNS vs PIT, answered

Who won North Stars vs Penguins on March 15, 1980?

Penguins won 5–2.

What was the final score of North Stars vs Penguins?

The final score was North Stars 2, Penguins 5.

How did the North Stars goalie play?

Gilles Meloche made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Nick Ricci made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is North Stars vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the North Stars vs Penguins season series?

North Stars lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🌌North Stars

Previous game · Mar 12

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Mar 12

Also on March 15, 1980

North Stars season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule