New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 7–3 on Saturday, October 31, 1981 at Boston Garden.
Keith Crowder scored twice and Peter McNab scored twice. Ron Duguay, Steve Kasper, Mike Gillis, Mikko Leinonen, Pat Hickey and Barry Pederson also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 7 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Crowder (3)Brad Park (11), Mike Milbury (2)0–101:34 BOS
Peter McNab (6)Unassisted0–209:54 BOS
Ron Duguay (4)Tom Laidlaw (3), Carol Vadnais (1)1–211:15 NYR
Steve Kasper (3)Unassisted1–311:30 BOS
2nd period
- Keith Crowder (4)Barry Pederson (4)1–402:08 BOS
Mike Gillis (2)Peter McNab (7)1–505:47 BOS
Mikko Leinonen (1)Reijo Ruotsalainen (1), Eddie Johnstone (6)2–510:32 NYR
Pat Hickey (3)Eddie Johnstone (7)3–513:51 NYR
3rd period
Barry Pederson (2)Wayne Cashman (8), Keith Crowder (5)3–602:10 BOS- Peter McNab (7)Rick Middleton (7), Mike Gillis (3)3–712:40 BOS
Team stats
NYRBOS
2626
0%0%
0/30/1
26
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:37 into the first period
Mike Gillis · tripping2 min - 14:22 into the second period
Ed Hospodar · holding2 min - 17:26 into the second periodNormand Leveille · hooking2 min
- 3:18 into the third periodMike Gillis · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 14 | 2 | .857 | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 12 | 5 | .583 |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Douglas MorrisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |