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First Round · Game 3

Bruins at North Stars

🗓 🏒 MNS leads 3–0

North Stars, First Round Game 3, beat Bruins 6–3 on April 11, 1981.

BOS – MNS
39–45
Shots on goal
0/6–1/3
Power play
35–20
Penalty minutes
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The game

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First Round — Best of 7

MNS vs BOS · MNS leads 3–0 Full series →
Game 1
5–4
OT · MNS
Game 2
9–6
Final · MNS
Game 3
3–6
Final · MNS

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌌 MNS
Steve Payne
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Bobby Lalonde
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · +3
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Mike O'connell
1 G, 2 A
12 shots · -1

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🌌 Brad Palmer Go-ahead 1st · 03:36
Assists: Neal Broten, Steve Christoff · beat Rogie Vachon
0–1
🌌 Al MacAdam 1st · 04:57
Assists: Tim Young, Steve Payne · beat Rogie Vachon
0–2
🌌 Dino Ciccarelli PP 1st · 12:00
Assists: Bobby Smith · beat Rogie Vachon
0–3
🌌 Steve Payne 1st · 18:33
Assists: Al MacAdam, Greg Smith · beat Rogie Vachon
0–4
🐻 Mike O'connell SH 1st · 19:47
Assists: Dwight Foster, Bobby Lalonde · beat Gilles Meloche
1–4
2nd period
🌌 Greg Smith SH 2nd · 18:05
Unassisted · beat Rogie Vachon
1–5
3rd period
🐻 Bobby Lalonde SH 3rd · 11:10
Assists: Mike O'connell · beat Gilles Meloche
2–5
🐻 Bobby Lalonde SH 3rd · 15:42
Assists: Mike O'connell, Dick Redmond · beat Gilles Meloche
3–5
🌌 Steve Payne Empty net 3rd · 18:34
Assists: Tim Young
3–6

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MNS🌌
39 Shots on goal 45
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
35 Penalty minutes 20
BOS shooting 7.7% (3/39) MNS shooting 13.3% (6/45)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Rogie Vachon
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:43 TOI
🌌North Stars
Gilles Meloche
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–4
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
North Stars
North Stars — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 1–5
Bruins
Bruins — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)
North Stars
North Stars — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 91981 🌌MNS @ 🐻BOS 9–6 Apr 81981 🌌MNS @ 🐻BOS 5–4 OT Mar 41981 🐻BOS @ 🌌MNS 3–3 Feb 261981 🌌MNS @ 🐻BOS 1–5 Jan 121981 🌌MNS @ 🐻BOS 3–4
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BOS vs MNS, answered

Who won Bruins vs North Stars on April 11, 1981?

North Stars won 6–3. The final score was Bruins 3, North Stars 6.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bobby Lalonde (2), Mike O'connell.

Who scored for North Stars?

Steve Payne (2), Al MacAdam, Brad Palmer, Dino Ciccarelli, Greg Smith.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Rogie Vachon made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the North Stars goalie play?

Gilles Meloche made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐻 Bruins
BeforeApr 9 🌌MNS @ 🐻BOS 9–6 AfterOct 8 ⚜️QUE @ 🐻BOS 7–5
🌌 North Stars
BeforeApr 9 🌌MNS @ 🐻BOS 9–6 AfterApr 16 🌌MNS @ ⚔️BUF 4–3
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