Los Angeles Kings vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, December 20, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–4 on Sunday, December 20, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Kings 32–30.
Terry O'Reilly scored twice. Peter McNab, Mark Hardy, Ian Turnbull, Barry Pederson, Normand Leveille, Steve Kasper, Dave Taylor and Larry Murphy also scored.
Marco Baron made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Peter McNab (17)Barry Pederson (11), Brad Park (23)0–104:14 BOS · 
Mark Hardy (5)Jim Fox (15), Doug Smith (5)1–106:34 LAK
Terry O'Reilly (7)Tom Fergus (8), Normand Leveille (6)1–210:21 BOS
Ian Turnbull (7)Andre St. Laurent (2), Steve Bozek (10)2–215:05 LAK
2nd period
Barry Pederson (17)Keith Crowder (10), Mike O'connell (19)2–306:50 BOS
Normand Leveille (8)Larry Melnyk (4)2–406:58 BOS
Steve Kasper (7)Keith Crowder (11), Ray Bourque (17)2–512:51 BOS ·
3rd period
Dave Taylor (19)Steve Bozek (11), Ian Turnbull (9)3–500:20 LAK
Larry Murphy (8)Marcel Dionne (31), Dave Lewis (8)4–507:01 LAK- Terry O'Reilly (8)Unassisted4–619:42 BOS ·
Team stats
LAKBOS
3032
0%0%
0/52/4
1424
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:29 into the first period
Andre St. Laurent · tripping2 min - 7:52 into the first period
Keith Crowder · hooking2 min - 17:29 into the first periodWayne Cashman · high sticking2 min
- 17:29 into the first periodWayne Cashman · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 17:29 into the first periodDean Hopkins · high sticking2 min
- 4:36 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 7:56 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · hooking2 min
- 9:54 into the second periodSteve Jensen · holding2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodAndre St. Laurent · interference2 min
- 17:31 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · interference2 min
- 0:38 into the third periodMike Milbury · hooking2 min
- 0:38 into the third periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 2:59 into the third periodMike Milbury · roughing2 min
- 2:59 into the third periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 9:30 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · holding2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Marco BaronG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |