Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, January 17, 1983 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 on Monday, January 17, 1983 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the North Stars 29–21.
Bruce Crowder scored twice. Rick Middleton, Willi Plett, Tim Young, Ron Friest and Tom Fergus also scored.
Pete Peeters made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Middleton (20)Barry Pederson (30), Ray Bourque (24)0–104:55 BOS ·
2nd period
Willi Plett (14)Unassisted1–100:43 MNS · 
Bruce Crowder (10)Tom Fergus (15), Mike O'connell (22)1–216:18 BOS
Tim Young (10)Unassisted2–218:12 MNS ·
3rd period
Ron Friest (4)Bobby Smith (30), Gordie Roberts (22)3–212:56 MNS- Bruce Crowder (11)Tom Fergus (16), Brad Park (14)3–313:28 BOS
Tom Fergus (18)Ray Bourque (25)3–419:46 BOS
Team stats
MNSBOS
2129
0%0%
1/41/3
2729
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:58 into the first period
Fred Barrett · tripping2 min - 11:32 into the first period
Luc Dufour · fighting5 min - 11:32 into the first periodCraig Hartsburg · fighting5 min
- 19:06 into the first periodMike O'connell · interference2 min
- 4:40 into the second periodGordie Roberts · holding2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodLuc Dufour · interference2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodMike Milbury · fighting5 min
- 8:33 into the second periodTom McCarthy · high sticking2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodTom McCarthy · fighting5 min
- 13:10 into the second periodRandy Hillier · high sticking2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodRandy Hillier · fighting5 min
- 13:10 into the second periodRon Friest · high sticking2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodRon Friest · fighting5 min
- 16:57 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · interference2 min
- 19:07 into the second periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 19:07 into the second periodCurt Giles · roughing2 min
- 7:45 into the third periodKeith Crowder · elbowing2 min
- 14:29 into the third periodKeith Crowder · elbowing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 31Ron FriestL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Boston Bruins
| 28Tom FergusC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brad PalmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Marty HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 31Marco BaronG | 0 | 0 | – |