🐧 Away Penguins 33-32-0 before this game

5–8

Final

🌌 Home North Stars 38-28-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	0	0	0	5
MNS	0	0	0	8

Penguins at North Stars

North Stars beat Penguins 8–5 on March 7, 1981.

🗓 Sat, Mar 7, 1981 · 20:00 CST 🏒 1980-81 🔁 North Stars lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🌌 MNS

Craig Hartsburg

1 G, 3 A

3 shots · +3

2nd star 🌌 MNS

Gordie Roberts

2 G, 1 A

4 shots · +1

3rd star 🌌 MNS

Al MacAdam

2 G, 1 A

2 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT MNS🌌

30 Shots on goal 43

3/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7

14 Penalty minutes 10

PIT shooting 16.7% (5/30) MNS shooting 18.6% (8/43)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Greg Millen

0/7

.000 SV% · 7 GA · 59:37 TOI

🌌North Stars

Gilles Meloche

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 32-32 (50% win rate, 64 games)

North Stars

North Stars — tied after 1st: 37-28 (57% win rate, 65 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 32-32 (50% win rate, 64 games)

North Stars

North Stars — tied after 2nd: 37-28 (57% win rate, 65 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

North Stars lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

3–2 · North Stars won

Nov 1, 1980

🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS

3–6 · North Stars won

Mar 18, 1980

🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS

3–4 · North Stars won

Mar 15, 1980

🌌MNS @ 🐧PIT

2–5 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs MNS, answered

Who won Penguins vs North Stars on March 7, 1981?

North Stars won 8–5.

What was the final score of Penguins vs North Stars?

The final score was Penguins 5, North Stars 8.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Greg Millen made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the North Stars goalie play?

Gilles Meloche made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs North Stars season series?

North Stars lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Mar 4

🌌North Stars

Previous game · Mar 4

Also on March 7, 1981

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