New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, November 28, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Saturday, November 28, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 32–22.
Bob Bourne scored twice, Rick Middleton scored twice and Barry Pederson scored twice. Anders Kallur, Steve Kasper and John Tonelli also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Bourne (12)Gord Lane (7), Ken Morrow (7)1–004:29 NYI
Rick Middleton (15)Wayne Cashman (18), Barry Pederson (7)1–105:52 BOS · 
Barry Pederson (9)Rick Middleton (15)1–218:38 BOS ·
2nd period
- Barry Pederson (10)Peter McNab (14), Rick Middleton (16)1–301:49 BOS
- Rick Middleton (16)Unassisted1–409:21 BOS
Anders Kallur (9)Bryan Trottier (25), Mike Bossy (20)2–410:49 NYI- Bob Bourne (13)Bobby Nystrom (9), John Tonelli (10)3–414:33 NYI
3rd period
Steve Kasper (5)Ray Bourque (10)3–515:44 BOS
John Tonelli (9)Bob Bourne (11)4–519:51 NYI
Team stats
NYIBOS
2232
0%0%
0/31/2
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:58 into the first period
Keith Crowder · high sticking2 min - 2:58 into the first periodMike Milbury · tripping2 min
- 2:58 into the first period
Anders Kallur · high sticking2 min - 4:08 into the first periodStefan Persson · holding2 min
- 9:43 into the first periodGord Lane · elbowing2 min
- 17:15 into the first periodStan Jonathan · tripping2 min
- 4:10 into the second periodWayne Cashman · high sticking2 min
- 4:10 into the second periodGord Lane · high sticking2 min
- 11:21 into the second periodMike O'connell · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 14Bob BourneC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Gord LaneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |