Vancouver Canucks vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, November 5, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 2–1 on Thursday, November 5, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Canucks 28–20.
Goals came from Mike Gillis, Peter McNab and Stan Smyl.
Rogie Vachon made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 26 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gillis (3)Peter McNab (9), Rick Middleton (9)0–102:37 BOS
Peter McNab (9)Mike Milbury (3), Brad Park (13)0–216:36 BOS
3rd period
Stan Smyl (6)Thomas Gradin (11), Curt Fraser (10)1–212:46 VAN
Team stats
VANBOS
2028
0%0%
0/20/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:39 into the first period
Keith Crowder · elbowing2 min - 16:17 into the first period
Rick Lanz · tripping2 min - 12:08 into the second periodThomas Gradin · high sticking2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodCurt Fraser · slashing2 min
- 19:39 into the second periodWayne Cashman · delaying game2 min
- 19:46 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · slashing2 min
- 19:46 into the second periodThomas Gradin · interference2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 28 | 2 | .929 |
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |