Boston Bruins vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 5, 1983 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 on Wednesday, January 5, 1983 at Chicago Stadium. The Bruins outshot the Blackhawks 48–28.
Rick Middleton scored a hat trick. Steve Larmer and Barry Pederson also scored.
Pete Peeters made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 44 of 47.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Middleton (15)Mike Milbury (12), Mike Krushelnyski (22)1–000:18 BOS
2nd period
Steve Larmer (23)Denis Savard (50), Doug Wilson (30)1–110:10 CHI · 
Barry Pederson (26)Keith Crowder (19), Mike O'connell (18)2–113:09 BOS ·
3rd period
- Rick Middleton (16)Mike O'connell (19), Mike Krushelnyski (23)3–115:07 BOS
- Rick Middleton (17)Unassisted4–119:28 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSCHI
4828
0%0%
1/51/5
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:57 into the first period
Dave Feamster · interference2 min - 12:48 into the first period
Tom Fergus · holding2 min - 19:25 into the first periodKeith Brown · interference2 min
- 6:17 into the second periodMike Milbury · interference2 min
- 6:58 into the second periodRich Preston · interference2 min
- 9:00 into the second periodMike O'connell · tripping2 min
- 12:36 into the second periodBob Murray · hooking2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodLuc Dufour · tripping2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodDoug Crossman · interference2 min
- 1:23 into the third periodTom Fergus · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
| 30Mike MoffatG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave FeamsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 47 | 3 | .936 |