Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Saturday, December 19, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 27–25.
Goals came from Doug Wickenheiser, Guy Lafleur, Tom Fergus, Doug Jarvis, Keith Acton, Rod Langway and Keith Crowder.
Richard Sevigny made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Wickenheiser (8)Guy Lafleur (28)0–101:49 MTL
Guy Lafleur (14)Keith Acton (25), Doug Wickenheiser (11)0–216:25 MTL
Tom Fergus (7)Rick Middleton (21), Mike O'connell (18)1–217:35 BOS ·
3rd period
Doug Jarvis (12)Mark Napier (16), Larry Robinson (24)1–311:44 MTL
Keith Acton (18)Doug Wickenheiser (12), Guy Lafleur (29)1–414:44 MTL
Rod Langway (2)Unassisted1–515:42 MTL
Keith Crowder (7)Ray Bourque (16)2–519:34 BOS
Team stats
BOSMTL
2527
0%0%
1/40/3
1113
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:38 into the first period
Doug Wickenheiser · holding2 min - 16:37 into the first periodRobert Picard · hooking2 min
- 18:21 into the first period
Brad McCrimmon · interference2 min - 2:30 into the second periodMark Hunter · holding2 min
- 6:38 into the second periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodPierre Mondou · interference2 min
- 4:59 into the third periodBrad Park · holding2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodSteve Kasper · fighting5 min
- 8:59 into the third periodMark Hunter · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |