Complex sentence: Dino Ciccarelli would score a franchise record 55 goals in just his second season in 1981--82, leading Minnesota to its first division title, but the team bowed out of the play-offs in the first round against an upstart Chicago Blackhawks team.
Split into simpler sentences: Dino Ciccarelli would score a franchise record 55 goals in just his second season in 1981--82, leading Minnesota to its first division title. The team, however, bowed out of the play-offs in the first round against an upstart Chicago Blackhawks team.