Brad Maxwell's goal at 14:58 of the third period, seconds after play had resumed following a bench clearing brawl, gave the Minnesota North Stars a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks tonight.

The brawl erupted with 5 minutes 50 seconds to play.

It lasted 20 minutes and stopped action for 52 minutes. Fourteen penalties totaling 91 minutes were assessed against Chicago and 15 penalties totaling 82 minutes were assessed against Minnesota.

Over all, there was a total of 223 penalty minutes. On Feb. 26, 1981, the North Stars played the Bruins in a game in Boston that resulted in 406 minutes in penalties, a league record.

Tonight, five players from each team were given game misconducts. The Black Hawks' Denis Savard also was given a gross misconduct and the North Stars' Ron Friest was assessed a match penalty for pounding Steve Larmer's head against the ice.