Hartford Whalers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, March 15, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Sunday, March 15, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 31–18.
Rick Middleton scored twice. Jack McIlhargey, Wayne Cashman, Blaine Stoughton and Keith Crowder also scored.
Marco Baron made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Jack McIlhargey (1)Mike Rogers (58), Pat Boutette (48)1–002:53 HFD
Rick Middleton (40)Brad Park (48), Peter McNab (42)1–104:21 BOS · 
Wayne Cashman (25)Brad Park (49), Peter McNab (43)1–205:30 BOS · 
Blaine Stoughton (36)Al Sims (30)2–216:07 HFD ·
2nd period
- Rick Middleton (41)Dwight Foster (27), Stan Jonathan (22)2–306:29 BOS
Keith Crowder (10)Wayne Cashman (31)2–416:03 BOS
Team stats
HFDBOS
1831
0%0%
1/62/3
1218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:19 into the first period
Jack McIlhargey · cross checking2 min - 3:33 into the first periodStuart Smith · delaying game2 min
- 7:54 into the first period
Mike Milbury · charging2 min - 11:57 into the first periodPat Boutette · hooking2 min
- 15:40 into the first periodStan Jonathan · elbowing2 min
- 16:11 into the first periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 16:11 into the first periodPat Boutette · slashing2 min
- 9:43 into the second periodMike O'connell · hooking2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · slashing2 min
- 7:42 into the third periodRay Bourque · cross checking2 min
- 9:01 into the third periodMarco Baron · interference2 min
- 9:01 into the third periodPat Boutette · high sticking2 min
- 11:41 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · hooking2 min
- 17:16 into the third periodSteve Kasper · roughing2 min
- 17:16 into the third periodStuart Smith · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Al SimsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Marco BaronG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |