🌌 Away North Stars 3-1-0 before this game

2–5

Final

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

North Stars at Penguins

Penguins beat North Stars 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on October 17, 1981.

🗓 Sat, Oct 17, 1981 · 19:00 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Pat Price

3 A

1 shots · +1

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Mark Johnson

1 G, 1 A

6 shots · +2

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Peter Lee

2 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Rick Kehoe PP Go-ahead 1st · 11:03

Assists: Mark Johnson, Ron Stackhouse

0–1

🐧 Greg Malone PP 1st · 18:40

Assists: Pat Price, George Ferguson

0–2

2nd period

🐧 Marc Chorney 2nd · 07:17

Assists: Mike Bullard

0–3

🌌 Neal Broten 2nd · 07:44

Assists: Brad Palmer, Gordie Roberts

1–3

3rd period

🌌 Brad Maxwell 3rd · 15:24

Assists: Al MacAdam, Kent-Erik Andersson

2–3

🐧 Paul Mulvey 3rd · 15:51

Assists: Peter Lee, Pat Price

2–4

🐧 Mark Johnson 3rd · 16:55

Assists: Peter Lee, Pat Price

2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🌌MNS PIT🐧

33 Shots on goal 46

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

30 Penalty minutes 27

MNS shooting 6.1% (2/33) PIT shooting 10.9% (5/46)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🌌North Stars

Gilles Meloche

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Michel Dion

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

North Stars

North Stars: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

North Stars

North Stars: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Mar 7, 1981

🐧PIT @ 🌌MNS

5–8 · North Stars won

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

❓ MNS vs PIT, answered

Who won North Stars vs Penguins on October 17, 1981?

Penguins won 5–2.

What was the final score of North Stars vs Penguins?

The final score was North Stars 2, Penguins 5.

Who scored for North Stars?

Brad Maxwell, Neal Broten.

Who scored for Penguins?

Greg Malone, Marc Chorney, Mark Johnson, Paul Mulvey, Rick Kehoe.

How did the North Stars goalie play?

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

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Michel Dion 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?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 14

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Oct 14

Also on October 17, 1981

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