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First Round · Game 4

North Stars at Blackhawks

🗓 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 CHI leads 3–1

Blackhawks, First Round Game 4, beat North Stars 5–2 at United Center on April 11, 1982.

MNS – CHI
33–26
Shots on goal
0/4–1/4
Power play
13–15
Penalty minutes
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First Round — Best of 7

CHI vs MNS · CHI leads 3–1 Full series →
Game 1
3–2
OT · CHI
Game 2
5–3
Final · CHI
Game 3
7–1
Final · MNS
Game 4
2–5
Final · CHI

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Grant Mulvey
1 G
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Tim Higgins
1 G
3 shots · +1
3rd star 🪶 CHI
Rich Preston
1 G
2 shots · +1

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🪶 Rich Preston Go-ahead 1st · 00:35
Assists: Terry Ruskowski, Bob Murray · beat Gilles Meloche
0–1
🪶 Grant Mulvey 1st · 07:28
Assists: Tom Lysiak · beat Gilles Meloche
0–2
2nd period
🌌 Craig Hartsburg 2nd · 06:58
Unassisted · beat Tony Esposito
1–2
🌌 Steve Payne Tying 2nd · 12:43
Assists: Brad Maxwell, Gordie Roberts · beat Tony Esposito
2–2
🪶 Al Secord PP Go-ahead 2nd · 16:15
Assists: Denis Savard · beat Gilles Meloche
2–3
3rd period
🪶 Tim Higgins 3rd · 00:40
Unassisted · beat Gilles Meloche
2–4
🪶 Glen Sharpley Empty net 3rd · 19:49
Assists: Doug Wilson
2–5

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌌MNS CHI🪶
33 Shots on goal 26
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
13 Penalty minutes 15
MNS shooting 6.1% (2/33) CHI shooting 19.2% (5/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌌North Stars
Gilles Meloche
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:19 TOI
Don Beaupre
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:17 TOI
🪶Blackhawks
Tony Esposito
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
North Stars
North Stars — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-11 (15% win rate, 13 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 6-4 (60% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
North Stars
North Stars — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-5 (50% win rate, 10 games)
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-3 (70% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 101982 🌌MNS @ 🪶CHI 7–1 Apr 81982 🪶CHI @ 🌌MNS 5–3 Apr 71982 🪶CHI @ 🌌MNS 3–2 OT Apr 41982 🌌MNS @ 🪶CHI 3–4 Feb 71982 🌌MNS @ 🪶CHI 2–5
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MNS vs CHI, answered

Who won North Stars vs Blackhawks on April 11, 1982?

Blackhawks won 5–2. The final score was North Stars 2, Blackhawks 5.

Who scored for North Stars?

Craig Hartsburg, Steve Payne.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Al Secord, Glen Sharpley, Grant Mulvey, Rich Preston, Tim Higgins.

How did the North Stars goalie play?

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

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Tony Esposito made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is North Stars vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌌 North Stars
BeforeApr 10 🌌MNS @ 🪶CHI 7–1 AfterOct 6 🌌MNS @ ✈️WIN 5–4
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeApr 10 🌌MNS @ 🪶CHI 7–1 AfterApr 15 🪶CHI @ 🎵STL 5–4
Also on April 11
🐻BOS 5–2 ⚔️BUF 🗽NYR 7–5 🔔PHI 🏝️NYI 2–5 🐧PIT 🇨🇦MTL 6–2 ⚜️QUE ✈️WIN 2–8 🎵STL
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