Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5–1 on Thursday, December 17, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 32–26.
Goals came from Craig Laughlin, Mark Hunter, Mario Tremblay, Barry Pederson, Mark Napier and Pierre Mondou.
Richard Sevigny made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Marco Baron stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Laughlin (7)Larry Robinson (23)1–002:29 MTL
Mark Hunter (9)Doug Risebrough (9)2–003:00 MTL
Mario Tremblay (16)Pierre Mondou (16), Robert Picard (9)3–009:02 MTL
Barry Pederson (16)Unassisted3–117:04 BOS
2nd period
Mark Napier (14)Doug Jarvis (9), Bob Gainey (11)4–107:42 MTL
3rd period
Pierre Mondou (14)Unassisted5–108:41 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLBOS
2632
0%0%
0/30/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 19:28 into the first period
Robert Picard · holding2 min - 11:42 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:48 into the second period
Terry O'Reilly · slashing2 min - 3:38 into the third periodBarry Pederson · hooking2 min
- 7:46 into the third periodMark Hunter · interference2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodTom Fergus · slashing2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodDoug Risebrough · hooking2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodDoug Risebrough · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:43 into the third periodRay Bourque · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Marco BaronG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |