Colorado Rockies vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, December 13, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Colorado Rockies 5–1 on Sunday, December 13, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rockies 28–24.
Rick Middleton scored twice. Barry Pederson, Terry O'Reilly, Normand Leveille and Joe Cirella also scored.
Marco Baron made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Phil Myre stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Barry Pederson (15)Larry Melnyk (3), Terry O'Reilly (12)0–106:45 BOS
Rick Middleton (19)Wayne Cashman (19), Ray Bourque (15)0–214:36 BOS · - Rick Middleton (20)Normand Leveille (5), Marco Baron (1)0–317:20 BOS
2nd period
Terry O'Reilly (6)Barry Pederson (10), Mike O'connell (17)0–407:43 BOS
Normand Leveille (7)Peter McNab (16), Rick Middleton (20)0–514:20 BOS
3rd period
Joe Cirella (6)Unassisted1–509:37 CLR
Team stats
CLRBOS
2428
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:05 into the first period
Mike Kitchen · interference2 min - 1:50 into the second period
Wayne Cashman · high sticking2 min - 4:26 into the third periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 5:32 into the third periodMarco Baron · holding2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 19:20 into the third periodDave Cameron · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Phil MyreG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Marco BaronG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |