Boston Bruins vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Thursday, October 27, 1983 · Met Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars 8–1 on Thursday, October 27, 1983 at Met Center. The Bruins outshot the North Stars 39–25.
Goals came from Mike O'connell, Terry O'Reilly, Tom Fergus, Barry Pederson, Luc Dufour, Bruce Crowder, Mike Krushelnyski, Bobby Smith and Nevin Markwart.
Doug Keans made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 31 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Mike O'connell (4)Peter McNab (4), Guy Lapointe (5)1–005:17 BOS · 
Terry O'Reilly (3)Mike Milbury (2), Steve Kasper (6)2–006:33 BOS
2nd period
Tom Fergus (4)Bruce Crowder (4)3–004:15 BOS
Barry Pederson (6)Mike O'connell (2), Guy Lapointe (6)4–006:30 BOS
Luc Dufour (1)Peter McNab (5), Terry O'Reilly (4)5–018:15 BOS
3rd period
Bruce Crowder (1)Tom Fergus (5), Nevin Markwart (1)6–001:02 BOS
Mike Krushelnyski (5)Barry Pederson (7), Ray Bourque (7)7–006:16 BOS
Bobby Smith (3)Tom McCarthy (2), Jordy Douglas (4)7–114:20 MNS
Nevin Markwart (1)Bruce Crowder (5), Tom Fergus (6)8–116:30 BOS
Team stats
BOSMNS
3925
0%0%
1/40/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:47 into the first period
Brian Bellows · holding2 min - 9:52 into the first periodJordy Douglas · interference2 min
- 15:12 into the first periodDave Richter · interference2 min
- 17:49 into the first period
Craig MacTavish · holding2 min - 7:51 into the third periodNevin Markwart · interference2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodBrian Bellows · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 28Tom FergusC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 32Bruce CrowderR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Luc DufourL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 39 | 8 | .795 |