Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 23, 1985 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Saturday, March 23, 1985 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Bruins 37–31.
Ray Ferraro scored a hat trick. Kevin Dineen, Greg Malone, Butch Goring and Rick Middleton also scored.
Mike Liut made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Dineen (22)Unassisted0–103:39 HFD ·
2nd period
Greg Malone (21)Torrie Robertson (27), Kevin Dineen (15)0–208:41 HFD
Ray Ferraro (4)Ron Francis (53), Risto Siltanen (31)0–310:43 HFD · 
Butch Goring (14)Dave Reid (10), Rick Middleton (44)1–313:40 BOS
3rd period
Rick Middleton (25)Butch Goring (23)2–302:44 BOS- Ray Ferraro (5)Sylvain Turgeon (28)2–406:10 HFD ·
- Ray Ferraro (6)Ron Francis (54), Ray Neufeld (31)2–514:26 HFD ·
Team stats
BOSHFD
3137
0%0%
0/43/4
1717
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:58 into the first period
Ron Francis · hooking2 min - 5:29 into the first period
Terry O'Reilly · fighting5 min - 5:29 into the first periodScot Kleinendorst · fighting5 min
- 10:32 into the first periodBrian Curran · cross checking2 min
- 14:33 into the first periodPaul Macdermid · charging2 min
- 10:22 into the second periodLouis Sleigher · holding2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodMike Crombeen · holding2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · roughing2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodKevin Dineen · elbowing2 min
- 4:33 into the third periodTom Fergus · holding2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 13:40 into the third periodMike Milbury · hooking2 min
- 14:30 into the third periodMike Zuke · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Butch GoringC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 26Ray FerraroC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 36Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 33Mark FuscoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |