New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, February 27, 1982 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 6–4 on Saturday, February 27, 1982 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 42–19.
Ray Bourque scored twice, Rick Middleton scored twice and Dave Maloney scored twice. Carol Vadnais, Dave Silk, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Mike Rogers also scored.
Eddie Mio made 38 saves on 42 shots for the win; Marco Baron stopped 13 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Carol Vadnais (4)Ron Duguay (25), Mark Pavelich (36)1–001:13 NYR
Dave Silk (13)Don Maloney (20), Mike Rogers (46)2–004:22 NYR
Ray Bourque (12)Terry O'Reilly (25), Peter McNab (31)2–111:10 BOS
Rick Middleton (42)Barry Pederson (33)2–219:38 BOS
2nd period
Dave Maloney (10)Unassisted3–205:54 NYR · 
Reijo Ruotsalainen (12)Dave Maloney (25), Don Maloney (21)4–210:11 NYR ·
3rd period
- Dave Maloney (11)Reijo Ruotsalainen (24), Mike Rogers (47)5–200:27 NYR ·
- Ray Bourque (13)Rick Middleton (36), Barry Pederson (34)5–301:15 BOS
- Rick Middleton (43)Unassisted5–404:26 BOS
Mike Rogers (27)Reijo Ruotsalainen (25), Nick Fotiu (7)6–408:30 NYR
Team stats
NYRBOS
1942
0%0%
3/50/4
2527
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:42 into the first period
Larry Melnyk · fighting5 min - 3:42 into the first period
Ron Duguay · fighting5 min - 4:44 into the first periodMikko Leinonen · holding2 min
- 7:16 into the first periodEd Hospodar · tripping2 min
- 8:08 into the first periodKeith Crowder · slashing2 min
- 12:48 into the first periodPat Hickey · delaying game2 min
- 1:57 into the second periodMike O'connell · cross checking2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodNormand Leveille · tripping2 min
- 9:44 into the second periodMike O'connell · hooking2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodMike Rogers · holding2 min
- 18:43 into the second periodKeith Crowder · tripping2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodBrad Park · high sticking2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodDon Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 16:36 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · misconduct10 min
- 16:36 into the third periodRon Duguay · misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 42 | 4 | .905 |
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Normand LeveilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Marco BaronG | L | 19 | 6 | .684 |