Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 3, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Thursday, December 3, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 38–11.
Goals came from Andre Savard, Bruce Crowder, Stan Jonathan, Gilbert Perreault, Tom Fergus, Rick Middleton, Barry Pederson, Steve Kasper and Dale McCourt.
Rogie Vachon made 8 saves on 11 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Andre Savard (4)Unassisted1–003:22 BUF
Bruce Crowder (3)Don Marcotte (2), Barry Pederson (8)1–103:55 BOS
Stan Jonathan (5)Mike O'connell (14)1–217:09 BOS
2nd period
Gilbert Perreault (2)Mike Foligno (14), Dale McCourt (15)2–207:44 BUF
Tom Fergus (6)Larry Melnyk (2), Stan Jonathan (7)2–315:16 BOS
Rick Middleton (17)Normand Leveille (3)2–417:08 BOS
3rd period
Barry Pederson (11)Don Marcotte (3)2–510:36 BOS · 
Steve Kasper (6)Rick Middleton (17)2–611:56 BOS
Dale McCourt (14)Gilbert Perreault (2), Lindy Ruff (12)3–617:57 BUF
Team stats
BUFBOS
1138
0%0%
0/40/2
3337
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 19:00 into the first period
Tony McKegney · tripping2 min - 19:37 into the first period
Ray Bourque · interference2 min - 4:41 into the second periodJohn Van Boxmeer · tripping2 min
- 17:15 into the second periodSteve Kasper · tripping2 min
- 0:42 into the third periodTom Fergus · interference2 min
- 7:47 into the third periodKeith Crowder · fighting5 min
- 7:47 into the third periodKeith Crowder · misconduct10 min
- 7:47 into the third periodRichie Dunn · fighting5 min
- 7:47 into the third periodRichie Dunn · misconduct10 min
- 9:51 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · hooking2 min
- 18:57 into the third periodPeter McNab · roughing2 min
- 18:57 into the third periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 18:57 into the third periodMike Milbury · misconduct10 min
- 18:57 into the third periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 18:57 into the third periodLarry Playfair · misconduct10 min
- 18:57 into the third periodJean-Francois Sauve · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |
| 29Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 11 | 3 | .727 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |