The Boston Bruins came up just a bit short against the Minnesota North Stars, 5 to 4, in overtime in Game 1 of the 1981 playoff series on April 8, 1981.

Final

North Stars

1-0-0

5

Bruins

0-1-0

4

Team

MNS

BOS

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MNS

BOS

Steve Payne (PP) assisted by Craig Hartsburg and Brad Maxwell

Don Marcotte (EV) assisted by Mike Milbury and Terry O'Reilly

Dino Ciccarelli (EV) assisted by Bobby Smith and Craig Hartsburg

2nd period

MNS

BOS

Dwight Foster (EV) unassisted

Peter McNab (PP) assisted by Brad McCrimmon and Rick Middleton

3rd period

MNS

BOS

Steve Payne (EV) unassisted

Peter McNab (EV) assisted by Terry O'Reilly and Don Marcotte

Jack Carlson (EV) assisted by Bobby Smith and Greg Smith

MNS

BOS

Steve Payne (EV) assisted by Tim Young and Al MacAdam

North Stars

Bruins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

North Stars

Bruins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Gilles Meloche (W) G. Meloche	1	0	0	32	28	.875	4	3.78	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Kent-Erik Andersson K. Andersson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Barrett F. Barrett	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Neal Broten N. Broten	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jack Carlson J. Carlson	1	0	1	+1	17	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Steve Christoff S. Christoff	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Curt Giles C. Giles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Craig Hartsburg C. Hartsburg	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Al MacAdam A. MacAdam	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0
Kevin Maxwell K. Maxwell	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brad Palmer B. Palmer	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Steve Payne S. Payne	3	0	3	+2	0	1	0	1	1	7	42.9
Gordie Roberts G. Roberts	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bobby Smith B. Smith	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Greg Smith G. Smith	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Young T. Young	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Rogie Vachon (L) R. Vachon	0	1	0	40	35	.875	5	4.72	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Cashman W. Cashman	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Keith Crowder K. Crowder	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Dwight Foster D. Foster	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Stan Jonathan S. Jonathan	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Kasper S. Kasper	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Don Marcotte D. Marcotte	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	4	25.0
Brad McCrimmon B. McCrimmon	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	0
Peter McNab P. McNab	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	7	28.6
Rick Middleton R. Middleton	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0
Mike Milbury M. Milbury	0	1	1	+3	5	0	0	1	0.0
Mike O'Connell M. O'Connell	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	3	0.0
Terry O'Reilly T. O'Reilly	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brad Park B. Park	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Jean Ratelle J. Ratelle	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Dick Redmond D. Redmond	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	4	0.0