Vancouver Canucks vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–1 on Sunday, March 8, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Canucks 25–20.
Goals came from Thomas Gradin, Mike O'connell, Dwight Foster, Mike Gillis and Terry O'Reilly.
Rogie Vachon made 6 saves on 7 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Gradin (17)Bob Manno (7)1–001:07 VAN
Mike O'connell (10)Mike Gillis (8), Rick Middleton (54)1–103:06 BOS
Dwight Foster (17)Unassisted1–218:58 BOS
2nd period
Mike Gillis (12)Peter McNab (38)1–308:00 BOS
Terry O'Reilly (8)Peter McNab (39), Don Marcotte (10)1–416:38 BOS
Team stats
VANBOS
2025
0%0%
0/30/4
1523
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:13 into the first period
Wayne Cashman · tripping2 min - 14:06 into the first period
Mario Marois · slashing2 min - 20:00 into the first periodSteve Kasper · hooking2 min
- 0:45 into the second periodBrad Park · game misconduct10 min
- 0:45 into the second periodMarco Baron · fighting5 min
- 0:45 into the second periodDave Williams · fighting5 min
- 4:13 into the second periodThomas Gradin · tripping2 min
- 13:03 into the second periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
- 13:03 into the second periodGerry Minor · high sticking2 min
- 5:51 into the third periodPer-Olov Brasar · tripping2 min
- 14:39 into the third periodHarold Snepsts · tripping2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodDick Redmond · hooking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Bob MannoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Gerry MinorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 30Gary BromleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Thomas SonginR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 7 | 1 | .857 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Marco BaronG | 13 | 0 | 1.000 |