Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Thursday, April 8, 1982 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–3 on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at Boston Garden. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 26–22.
Rick Middleton scored twice and Barry Pederson scored a hat trick. Dale McCourt, Mike Ramsey, Terry O'Reilly, Bruce Crowder and Yvon Lambert also scored.
Mike Moffat made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Don Edwards stopped 8 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Dale McCourt (1)Mike Ramsey (1)1–012:44 BUF
Rick Middleton (1)Peter McNab (1), Steve Kasper (1)1–115:49 BOS
2nd period
Barry Pederson (1)Peter McNab (2), Ray Bourque (1)1–200:48 BOS · - Rick Middleton (2)Barry Pederson (3), Peter McNab (3)1–301:40 BOS ·
- Barry Pederson (2)Randy Hillier (1)1–403:56 BOS
Mike Ramsey (1)Alan Haworth (1), Dale McCourt (1)2–407:08 BUF
Terry O'Reilly (1)Unassisted2–511:45 BOS- Barry Pederson (3)Rick Middleton (2)2–614:28 BOS
3rd period
Bruce Crowder (1)Rick Middleton (3), Barry Pederson (4)2–700:54 BOS
Yvon Lambert (2)Dale McCourt (2), Gilbert Perreault (1)3–717:33 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFBOS
2622
0%0%
1/52/3
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Peter McNab · hooking2 min - 13:46 into the first period
Larry Playfair · interference2 min - 17:53 into the first periodMike Gillis · tripping2 min
- 18:51 into the first periodBrad Park · high sticking2 min
- 18:51 into the first periodLindy Ruff · high sticking2 min
- 18:51 into the first periodLarry Playfair · cross checking2 min
- 18:51 into the first periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 9:34 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · tripping2 min
- 9:34 into the second periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 2:00 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · roughing2 min
- 2:00 into the third periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 4:23 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · cross checking2 min
- 7:11 into the third periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 17:22 into the third periodMike Milbury · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7Dale McCourtC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Val JamesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | L | 14 | 6 | .571 |
| 30Paul HarrisonG | 8 | 1 | .875 |
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike MoffatG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |