Boston Bruins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Friday, December 31, 1982 · Met Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–3 on Friday, December 31, 1982 at Met Center. The Bruins outshot the North Stars 29–28.
Keith Crowder scored twice. Terry O'Reilly, Bruce Crowder, Craig Hartsburg, Dan Mandich, Barry Pederson and Bobby Smith also scored.
Pete Peeters made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Terry O'Reilly (6)Unassisted1–000:56 BOS
Bruce Crowder (8)Mike O'connell (16), Tom Fergus (13)2–001:42 BOS
Craig Hartsburg (6)Mike Eaves (7), Tim Young (21)2–108:05 MNS
2nd period
Dan Mandich (2)Neal Broten (26)2–209:54 MNS
Barry Pederson (24)Rick Middleton (26), Ray Bourque (17)3–215:24 BOS
3rd period
Keith Crowder (16)Craig MacTavish (10)4–206:47 BOS
Bobby Smith (15)Steve Payne (18), Brian Bellows (17)4–319:39 MNS- Keith Crowder (17)Mike Krushelnyski (20)5–319:53 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSMNS
2928
0%0%
0/40/4
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:05 into the first period
Randy Hillier · roughing2 min - 15:05 into the first periodLuc Dufour · hooking2 min
- 15:05 into the first period
Ron Friest · roughing2 min - 17:15 into the first periodTom McCarthy · interference2 min
- 18:27 into the first periodDan Mandich · tripping2 min
- 1:48 into the second periodMarty Howe · interference2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodRandy Hillier · high sticking2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodNeal Broten · high sticking2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodBruce Crowder · slashing2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodBobby Smith · hooking2 min
- 13:22 into the third periodMike O'connell · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 18Keith CrowderR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 30Mike MoffatG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Bob BergloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |