Colorado Rockies vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, January 26, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Colorado Rockies 5–3 on Monday, January 26, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rockies 32–23.
Ray Bourque scored twice and Lanny McDonald scored twice. Wayne Cashman, Keith Crowder, Merlin Malinowski and Bob Miller also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Cashman (19)Keith Crowder (7), Brad Park (33)0–105:11 BOS
2nd period
Keith Crowder (5)Steve Kasper (20), Mike Milbury (10)0–202:45 BOS
Merlin Malinowski (14)Yvon Vautour (14), Lucien DeBlois (11)1–203:12 CLR
Ray Bourque (14)Rick Middleton (43), Dwight Foster (17)1–307:30 BOS
Bob Miller (4)Dick Redmond (12), Terry O'Reilly (15)1–416:39 BOS
Lanny McDonald (21)Jack Hughes (5), Randy Pierce (14)2–418:59 CLR
3rd period
- Lanny McDonald (22)Unassisted3–410:40 CLR ·
- Ray Bourque (15)Wayne Cashman (21), Peter McNab (30)3–519:55 BOS ·
Team stats
CLRBOS
2332
0%0%
1/50/4
2022
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · tripping2 min - 7:00 into the first period
Dwight Foster · holding2 min - 7:00 into the first periodDwight Foster · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:46 into the first periodDick Redmond · holding2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodJoel Quenneville · tripping2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodStan Jonathan · hooking2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodJack Hughes · holding2 min
- 2:08 into the third periodYvon Vautour · hooking2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodRay Bourque · high sticking2 min
- 12:46 into the third periodKeith Crowder · fighting5 min
- 12:46 into the third periodEd Cooper · fighting5 min
- 13:25 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · high sticking2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 13:25 into the third periodJack Hughes · high sticking2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodJack Hughes · fighting5 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob AttwellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – |