Hartford Whalers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, November 1, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 4–1 on Sunday, November 1, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Whalers outshot the Bruins 27–25.
Rick Middleton scored twice. Barry Pederson, Peter McNab and Rick Meagher also scored.
Marco Baron made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Middleton (10)Peter McNab (8), Larry Melnyk (1)0–108:20 BOS
Barry Pederson (3)Rick Middleton (8), Mike O'connell (6)0–210:13 BOS ·
2nd period
- Rick Middleton (11)Unassisted0–304:48 BOS
3rd period
Peter McNab (8)Mike O'connell (7), Brad Park (12)0–406:23 BOS · 
Rick Meagher (6)Rick MacLeish (8), Jack McIlhargey (2)1–419:59 HFD
Team stats
HFDBOS
2725
0%0%
0/62/8
2824
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:12 into the first period
Garry Howatt · hooking2 min - 9:23 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · hooking2 min
- 10:57 into the first period
Terry O'Reilly · hooking2 min - 11:25 into the first periodRick MacLeish · tripping2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · slashing2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodGarry Howatt · slashing2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodMike Gillis · hooking2 min
- 10:26 into the second periodPeter McNab · hooking2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodWayne Cashman · tripping2 min
- 16:28 into the second periodPaul Shmyr · tripping2 min
- 0:55 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · tripping2 min
- 3:26 into the third periodMike O'connell · holding2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodMike Milbury · holding2 min
- 5:35 into the third periodPaul Shmyr · tripping2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodBlake Wesley · hooking2 min
- 9:02 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · fighting5 min
- 9:02 into the third periodStuart Smith · fighting5 min
- 12:33 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · hooking2 min
- 17:01 into the third periodKeith Crowder · fighting5 min
- 17:01 into the third periodGarry Howatt · fighting5 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Douglas MorrisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Marco BaronG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |