Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1981 · Capital Centre

BostonBruinsAway

7–4

34–34

WashingtonCapitalsHome

Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 7–4 on Wednesday, December 23, 1981 at Capital Centre.

Ryan Walter scored twice and Rick Middleton scored a hat trick. Peter McNab, Torrie Robertson, Brad Park, Don Marcotte, Ray Bourque and Mike Gartner also scored.

Marco Baron made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Dave Parro stopped 27 of 34.

Goals
BOS	1	6	0	7	34
WSH	3	0	1	4	34

Scoring

1st period

Peter McNab (18)Rick Middleton (22), Barry Pederson (12)1–002:04 BOS ·
Ryan Walter (19)Dennis Maruk (26), Darren Veitch (15)1–103:14 WSH ·
Torrie Robertson (6)Dennis Maruk (27), Mike Gartner (20)1–209:07 WSH ·
Ryan Walter (20)Chris Valentine (12), Dennis Maruk (28)1–316:50 WSH ·

2nd period

Rick Middleton (21)Barry Pederson (13)2–305:49 BOS
Brad Park (4)Keith Crowder (12), Steve Kasper (8)3–310:21 BOS
Rick Middleton (22)Barry Pederson (14), Stan Jonathan (8)4–312:18 BOS
Don Marcotte (1)Steve Kasper (9), Brad Park (24)5–315:47 BOS
Rick Middleton (23)Unassisted6–317:05 BOS
Ray Bourque (6)Barry Pederson (15), Stan Jonathan (9)7–319:33 BOS

3rd period

Mike Gartner (11)Chris Valentine (13), Dennis Maruk (29)7–404:06 WSH ·

Team stats

BOSWSH

3434

0%0%

1/44/4

2121

Penalties

1:34 into the first periodRyan Walter · holding2 min
2:51 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · tripping2 min
3:57 into the first periodDarren Veitch · holding2 min
7:44 into the first periodBruce Crowder · hooking2 min
12:42 into the first periodNormand Leveille · holding2 min
12:42 into the first periodRandy Holt · roughing2 min
15:44 into the first periodMike Milbury · elbowing2 min
17:56 into the first periodPaul MacKinnon · tripping2 min
0:34 into the second periodDave Parro · tripping2 min
3:54 into the second periodBrad Park · high sticking2 min
3:54 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
19:33 into the second periodBarry Pederson · fighting5 min
19:33 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · fighting5 min
3:21 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · holding2 min
13:07 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · roughing2 min
13:07 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
17:39 into the third periodMike O'connell · tripping2 min
17:39 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Bruins vs Capitals head-to-head →

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

10Barry PedersonC	0	4	4	+4	2	5	–	–
16Rick MiddletonR	3	1	4	+4	4	0	–	–
11Steve KasperC	0	2	2	+2	3	0	–	–
17Stan JonathanL	0	2	2	+3	2	0	–	–
22Brad ParkD	1	1	2	+4	2	2	–	–
8Peter McNabC	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
18Keith CrowderR	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
21Don MarcotteL	1	0	1	+2	1	0	–	–
7Ray BourqueD	1	0	1	+1	5	0	–	–
19Normand LeveilleL	0	0	0	0	4	2	–	–
24Terry O'ReillyR	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–
28Tom FergusC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
32Bruce CrowderR	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
20Mike O'connellD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
26Mike MilburyD	0	0	0	+5	2	2	–	–
29Brad McCrimmonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
33Larry MelnykD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
1Rogie VachonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Marco BaronG	W	34	30	4	.882	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Dennis MarukC	0	4	4	−1	3	0	–	–
9Ryan WalterC	2	0	2	−3	3	2	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	1	1	2	−3	3	0	–	–
28Chris ValentineC	0	2	2	−1	2	0	–	–
32Torrie RobertsonL	1	0	1	−1	2	2	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	1	1	−1	5	2	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	0	0	0	−2	3	5	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
15Wes JarvisC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
18Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
4Randy HoltD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
17Timo BlomqvistD	0	0	0	−2	4	0	–	–
19Paul MacKinnonD	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
20Greg ThebergeD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
25Terry MurrayD	0	0	0	−4	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Dave ParroG	L	34	27	7	.794	60:00
35Al JensenG		0	0	0	–	00:00