New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, January 14, 1982 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 5–4 on Thursday, January 14, 1982 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 32–22.
Mike Bossy scored twice. Barry Pederson, John Tonelli, Steve Kasper, Don Marcotte, Terry O'Reilly, Rick Middleton and Anders Kallur also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Barry Pederson (23)Rick Middleton (29), Ray Bourque (26)0–103:56 BOS · 
John Tonelli (19)Duane Sutter (11), Dave Langevin (7)1–104:59 NYI
Mike Bossy (33)Clark Gillies (18), Mike McEwen (22)2–109:01 NYI · - Mike Bossy (34)Bryan Trottier (44), John Tonelli (18)3–114:43 NYI ·
2nd period
Steve Kasper (8)Don Marcotte (6), Ray Bourque (27)3–203:56 BOS
Don Marcotte (8)Unassisted3–311:39 BOS
3rd period
Terry O'Reilly (12)Tom Fergus (15), Normand Leveille (11)3–406:04 BOS
Rick Middleton (31)Barry Pederson (24), Brad Park (28)3–509:17 BOS · 
Anders Kallur (13)Mike McEwen (23), Bobby Nystrom (16)4–512:12 NYI
Team stats
NYIBOS
2232
0%0%
2/32/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:00 into the first period
Anders Kallur · hooking2 min - 5:50 into the first periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 8:43 into the first period
Keith Crowder · cross checking2 min - 13:19 into the first periodNormand Leveille · holding2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 8:21 into the second periodWayne Merrick · hooking2 min
- 8:30 into the third periodBilly Carroll · holding2 min
- 15:37 into the third periodKeith Crowder · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby NystromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Wayne MerrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stefan PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |