Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Wednesday, December 9, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 36–19.
Goals came from Reijo Ruotsalainen, Rick Middleton, Barry Pederson, Mark Pavelich, Ray Bourque, Ron Duguay and Wayne Cashman.
Marco Baron made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (7)Ron Duguay (10), Tom Younghans (2)0–101:00 NYR
Rick Middleton (18)Ray Bourque (12), Brad McCrimmon (2)1–111:51 BOS
Barry Pederson (13)Brad Park (20), Ray Bourque (13)2–113:52 BOS ·
2nd period
Mark Pavelich (9)Ron Duguay (11), Tom Younghans (3)2–212:54 NYR
3rd period
Ray Bourque (4)Normand Leveille (4), Brad Park (21)3–205:32 BOS
Ron Duguay (15)Mark Pavelich (12), Tom Laidlaw (5)3–309:29 NYR
Wayne Cashman (8)Steve Kasper (7), Mike O'connell (16)4–319:24 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYR
3619
0%0%
1/30/2
2527
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:15 into the first period
Terry O'Reilly · roughing2 min - 5:15 into the first period
Eddie Johnstone · roughing2 min - 10:01 into the first periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 10:01 into the first periodMike Rogers · roughing2 min
- 13:42 into the first periodBarry Beck · interference2 min
- 14:30 into the first periodBrad McCrimmon · game misconduct10 min
- 14:30 into the first periodMarco Baron · fighting5 min
- 14:30 into the first periodNick Fotiu · fighting5 min
- 14:30 into the first periodEd Hospodar · misconduct10 min
- 17:21 into the first periodJere Gillis · hooking2 min
- 0:14 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 8:55 into the second periodSteve Kasper · hooking2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodMarco Baron · delaying game2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodMarco Baron · slashing2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodRon Duguay · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Marco BaronG | W | 19 | 3 | .842 |
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |