All NHL game summaries from May 3, 1981
  
| 1:  | 
CAL, | Ken Houston 6 (Bob MacMillan, Paul Reinhart), 3:23 | 
 | MIN, | Bobby Smith 4, 6:43 | 
 | MIN, | Brad Maxwell 3 (Steve Payne, Bobby Smith), 16:08 | 
| 2:  | 
CAL, | Bob Murdoch 1 (Ken Houston, Bob MacMillan), 2:00 | 
 | CAL, | Bobby Gould 2 (Phil Russell, Brad Marsh), 6:54 | 
 | MIN, | Steve Payne 11 (Brad Maxwell, Bobby Smith), 9:00 - PP | 
 | MIN, | Brad Palmer 4 (Al MacAdam, Craig Hartsburg), 12:37 - PP | 
 | CAL, | Bill Clement 2 (Willi Plett, Phil Russell), 17:40 | 
| 3:  | 
MIN, | Steve Christoff 4 (Neal Broten, Brad Palmer), 4:24 | 
 | MIN, | Bobby Smith 5 (Al MacAdam, Craig Hartsburg), 19:37 - EN | 
 
Penalties:
| 1:  | 
Bob Murdoch, CAL [Hooking] 7:03 | 
 | Brad Maxwell, MIN [Hi-sticking] 12:06 | 
 | Willi Plett, CAL [Hooking] 13:56 | 
 | Kevin Maxwell, MIN [Elbowing] 16:24 | 
 | Ken Houston, CAL [Hi-sticking] 16:50 | 
 | Greg Smith, MIN [Hi-sticking] 16:50 | 
| 2:  | 
Craig Hartsburg, MIN [Hooking] 3:52 | 
 | Pekka Rautakallio, CAL [Holding] 7:57 | 
 | Kevin Maxwell, MIN [Roughing] 9:41 | 
 | Kevin LaVallee, CAL [Roughing] 9:41 | 
 | Gordie Roberts, MIN [Hi-sticking] 10:10 | 
 | Pekka Rautakallio, CAL [Hooking] 11:43 | 
 | Jim Peplinski, CAL [Hi-sticking] 15:11 | 
 | Dino Ciccarelli, MIN [Hi-sticking] 15:11 | 
| 3:  | 
Greg Smith, MIN [Tripping] 11:14 | 
 | Bobby Gould, CAL [Hi-sticking] 19:06 | 
 | Brad Maxwell, MIN [Hi-sticking] 19:06 | 
Penalty time: CAL: 16 minutes
              MIN: 18 minutes
Shots: CAL:  8-14-12-34
       MIN: 14-11- 5-30
Goalies: CAL: Pat Riggin (L, 5-3-0)
         MIN: Gilles Meloche (W, 7-2-0)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Swede Knox, Gerard Gauthier
Attendance: 15,784
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