Boston Bruins vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Saturday, October 17, 1981 at The Forum. The Bruins outshot the Kings 35–33.
Rick Middleton scored twice and Dave Taylor scored twice. Terry O'Reilly, Steve Kasper, Dave Lewis, Greg Terrion and Mike Milbury also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Terry O'Reilly (3)Normand Leveille (1), Tom Fergus (5)1–004:22 BOS
Rick Middleton (6)Peter McNab (3), Mike Gillis (1)2–011:38 BOS
2nd period
Steve Kasper (2)Terry O'Reilly (4), Mike O'connell (2)3–004:56 BOS · - Rick Middleton (7)Brad Park (9), Mike O'connell (3)4–007:53 BOS ·
3rd period
Dave Lewis (1)Dan Bonar (1), Larry Murphy (3)4–105:10 LAK
Dave Taylor (2)Larry Murphy (4)4–206:06 LAK
Greg Terrion (4)Unassisted4–306:52 LAK- Dave Taylor (3)Larry Murphy (5), Marcel Dionne (3)4–409:43 LAK ·
Mike Milbury (1)Rick Middleton (4), Mike Gillis (2)5–412:53 BOS
Team stats
BOSLAK
3533
0%0%
1/61/6
1713
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:45 into the first period
Dave Taylor · tripping2 min - 5:51 into the first period
Brad McCrimmon · interference2 min - 0:52 into the second periodRay Bourque · holding2 min
- 4:44 into the second periodBrad Park · holding2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodTrevor Johansen · tripping2 min
- 13:25 into the second periodMike Milbury · interference2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodBrad Park · hooking2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodDave Lewis · hooking2 min
- 2:12 into the third periodJim Fox · tripping2 min
- 9:12 into the third periodBrad McCrimmon · holding2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodPeter McNab · fighting5 min
- 15:58 into the third periodMark Hardy · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |