Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 9–6 on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 29–24.
Don Marcotte scored a hat trick, Blaine Stoughton scored twice and Rick Meagher scored twice. Keith Crowder, Garry Howatt, Barry Pederson, Peter McNab, Pierre Larouche, Rick Middleton, Terry O'Reilly and Tom Fergus also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 18 saves on 24 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 20 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Don Marcotte (2)Steve Kasper (10), Terry O'Reilly (13)1–001:26 BOS
Keith Crowder (8)Brad Park (25), Steve Kasper (11)2–001:46 BOS
Blaine Stoughton (23)Chris Kotsopoulos (11), Doug Sulliman (17)2–108:51 HFD · 
Garry Howatt (8)Don Gillen (2), Rick Meagher (11)2–209:15 HFD
Barry Pederson (18)Peter McNab (17)3–210:20 BOS · - Don Marcotte (3)Ray Bourque (18), Larry Melnyk (5)4–211:09 BOS
Peter McNab (19)Ray Bourque (19), Rick Middleton (23)5–218:57 BOS ·
2nd period
Pierre Larouche (11)Blake Wesley (12), Rick Meagher (12)5–301:36 HFD · - Don Marcotte (4)Keith Crowder (13), Steve Kasper (12)6–312:26 BOS
3rd period
- Blaine Stoughton (24)Mark Howe (17), Ron Francis (14)6–401:22 HFD ·
Rick Meagher (13)Pierre Larouche (13)6–501:53 HFD
Rick Middleton (24)Peter McNab (18), Ray Bourque (20)7–502:36 BOS · 
Terry O'Reilly (9)Normand Leveille (7), Mike O'connell (20)8–514:06 BOS- Rick Meagher (14)Ron Francis (15)8–615:51 HFD
Tom Fergus (8)Rick Middleton (24)9–619:44 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSHFD
2924
0%0%
3/53/5
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:56 into the first period
Blake Wesley · hooking2 min - 7:56 into the first period
Bruce Crowder · hooking2 min - 10:13 into the first periodDoug Sulliman · holding2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · roughing2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodGarry Howatt · roughing2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodRick Meagher · hooking2 min
- 19:50 into the first periodMike O'connell · interference2 min
- 19:44 into the second periodRay Bourque · interference2 min
- 0:11 into the third periodBarry Pederson · hooking2 min
- 1:36 into the third periodGreg Millen · tripping2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodPaul Shmyr · roughing2 min
- 7:45 into the third periodBrad McCrimmon · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 24 | 6 | .750 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 20Rick MeagherC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −5 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Don GillenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 28 | 8 | .714 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |