Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Thursday, December 23, 1982 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 5–1 on Thursday, December 23, 1982 at Hartford Civic Center. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 24–22.
Goals came from Barry Pederson, Mike O'connell, Mike Krushelnyski, Ron Francis, Brad Park and Rick Middleton.
Pete Peeters made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Barry Pederson (22)Rick Middleton (22), Mike Krushelnyski (17)1–003:00 BOS
Mike O'connell (4)Terry O'Reilly (11), Tom Fergus (12)2–008:17 BOS
Mike Krushelnyski (12)Barry Pederson (24), Rick Middleton (23)3–014:35 BOS
2nd period
Ron Francis (14)Mark Johnson (16), Ed Hospodar (3)3–112:31 HFD
3rd period
Brad Park (6)Barry Pederson (25), Peter McNab (27)4–105:40 BOS · 
Rick Middleton (14)Mike Krushelnyski (18)5–111:41 BOS
Team stats
BOSHFD
2422
0%0%
1/20/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:33 into the first period
Mike O'connell · interference2 min - 3:46 into the second period
Russ Anderson · hooking2 min - 2:13 into the third periodKeith Crowder · tripping2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodRon Francis · holding2 min
- 14:19 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 30Mike MoffatG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Robert SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Mike VeisorG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |