NHL game summary from January 7, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (18-12-12) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Minnesota North Stars (19-9-10) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1: | VAN, | Curt Fraser 20 (Stan Smyl, Lars Lindgren), 14:32 |
| 2: | MIN, | Mike Eaves 6 (Tom Younghans, Paul Shmyr), 14:09 |
| 3: | no scoring | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Ivan Boldirev, VAN 3:00 |
| 2: | Jerry Butler, VAN 8:10 |
| Lars Lindgren, VAN 18:03 | |
| Jerry Butler, VAN 19:46 | |
| 3: | Steve Payne, MIN 1:17 |
Penalty time: VAN: 8 minutes
MIN: 2 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Lanz | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Bobby Schmautz | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ivan Boldirev | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Ashton | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Per-Olov Brasar | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Darcy Rota | 18 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Marois | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gerry Minor | 20 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 25 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Christie | 28 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Brodeur | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| TOTAL (10 forwards, 7 defensemen) | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Giles | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Craig Hartsburg | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Paul Shmyr | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Zanussi | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Gordie Roberts | 10 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom McCarthy | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Polich | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Eaves | 18 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jack Carlson | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Gilles Meloche | 27 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Christoff | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 40 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 40 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 9- 3- 7-19
MIN: 11-16-13-40
Goalies: VAN: Richard Brodeur (T, 13-9-9)
MIN: Gilles Meloche (T, 8-4-5)
Referee: Ron Harris
Linesmen: Bob Luther, Rodger Gilbertson
Attendance: 12,204
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