1981–82 Boston Bruins season

1981-82 Boston Bruins

1981–82 Boston Bruins · NHL
Division	2nd Adams
1981–82 record	43–27–10
Coach	Gerry Cheevers
Captain	Wayne Cashman
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Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	80	46	17	17	360	223	109
Boston Bruins	80	43	27	10	323	285	96
Buffalo Sabres	80	39	26	15	307	273	93
Quebec Nordiques	80	33	31	16	356	345	82
Hartford Whalers	80	21	41	18	264	351	60

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 8, 1981	5–7	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	0–1–0
2	T	October 10, 1981	1–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	0–1–1
3	W	October 11, 1981	6–3	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	1–1–1
4	W	October 14, 1981	8–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	2–1–1
5	W	October 16, 1981	6–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	3–1–1
6	W	October 17, 1981	5–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	4–1–1
7	W	October 20, 1981	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	5–1–1
8	T	October 22, 1981	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	5–1–2
9	L	October 24, 1981	0–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	5–2–2
10	T	October 29, 1981	5–5	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	5–2–3
11	W	October 31, 1981	7–3	New York Rangers (1981–82)	6–2–3
12	W	November 1, 1981	4–1	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	7–2–3
13	W	November 5, 1981	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	8–2–3
14	W	November 7, 1981	10–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	9–2–3
15	L	November 8, 1981	1–4	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	9–3–3
16	W	November 12, 1981	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	10–3–3
17	T	November 14, 1981	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	10–3–4
18	L	November 15, 1981	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	10–4–4
19	W	November 19, 1981	6–1	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	11–4–4
20	W	November 21, 1981	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	12–4–4
21	L	November 22, 1981	1–6	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	12–5–4
22	L	November 24, 1981	1–3	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	12–6–4
23	L	November 26, 1981	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	12–7–4
24	W	November 28, 1981	5–4	New York Islanders (1981–82)	13–7–4
25	W	December 3, 1981	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	14–7–4
26	W	December 5, 1981	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	15–7–4
27	W	December 9, 1981	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	16–7–4
28	L	December 10, 1981	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	16–8–4
29	W	December 13, 1981	5–1	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	17–8–4
30	L	December 17, 1981	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	17–9–4
31	L	December 19, 1981	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	17–10–4
32	W	December 20, 1981	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	18–10–4
33	W	December 23, 1981	7–4	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	19–10–4
34	W	December 26, 1981	9–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	20–10–4
35	W	December 29, 1981	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	21–10–4
36	W	December 30, 1981	4–2	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	22–10–4
37	T	January 2, 1982	4–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	22–10–5
38	W	January 3, 1982	8–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	23–10–5
39	L	January 5, 1982	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	23–11–5
40	W	January 7, 1982	8–6	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	24–11–5
41	L	January 9, 1982	1–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	24–12–5
42	W	January 11, 1982	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	25–12–5
43	W	January 14, 1982	5–4	New York Islanders (1981–82)	26–12–5
44	T	January 16, 1982	3–3	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	26–12–6
45	L	January 17, 1982	3–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	26–13–6
46	L	January 20, 1982	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	26–14–6
47	W	January 21, 1982	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	27–14–6
48	W	January 23, 1982	3–1	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	28–14–6
49	T	January 25, 1982	3–3	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	28–14–7
50	L	January 28, 1982	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	28–15–7
51	L	January 30, 1982	2–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	28–16–7
52	W	January 31, 1982	4–2	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	29–16–7
53	W	February 3, 1982	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	30–16–7
54	W	February 4, 1982	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	31–16–7
55	L	February 6, 1982	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	31–17–7
56	W	February 11, 1982	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	32–17–7
57	L	February 13, 1982	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	32–18–7
58	T	February 14, 1982	2–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	32–18–8
59	L	February 17, 1982	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	32–19–8
60	W	February 20, 1982	7–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	33–19–8
61	W	February 21, 1982	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	34–19–8
62	L	February 24, 1982	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	34–20–8
63	L	February 27, 1982	4–6	New York Rangers (1981–82)	34–21–8
64	T	March 2, 1982	2–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	34–21–9
65	W	March 3, 1982	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	35–21–9
66	W	March 6, 1982	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	36–21–9
67	L	March 7, 1982	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	36–22–9
68	L	March 9, 1982	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	36–23–9
69	W	March 11, 1982	7–4	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	37–23–9
70	W	March 13, 1982	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	38–23–9
71	L	March 14, 1982	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	38–24–9
72	T	March 16, 1982	3–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	38–24–10
73	W	March 20, 1982	6–4	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	39–24–10
74	W	March 22, 1982	5–4	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	40–24–10
75	W	March 25, 1982	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	41–24–10
76	L	March 27, 1982	5–6	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	41–25–10
77	L	March 28, 1982	5–9	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	41–26–10
78	L	April 1, 1982	5–8	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	41–27–10
79	W	April 3, 1982	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	42–27–10
80	W	April 4, 1982	7–2	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	43–27–10

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	75	51	43	94	12	15	19	1	9
Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson	C	80	44	48	92	53	27	13	4	7
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	80	36	40	76	19	0	11	1	5
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	65	17	49	66	51	22	4	0	2
Park, BradBrad Park	D	75	14	42	56	82	11	8	0	1
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	70	22	30	52	213	23	0	1	3
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper	C	73	20	31	51	72	-18	1	3	3
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder	RW	71	23	21	44	101	0	0	0	1
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	64	12	31	43	59	-17	3	0	1
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	61	15	24	39	12	15	2	0	2
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	80	5	34	39	75	8	1	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	69	13	21	34	14	-2	0	0	3
Leveille, NormandNormand Leveille	LW	66	14	19	33	49	16	1	0	4
Crowder, BruceBruce Crowder	RW	63	16	11	27	31	-7	1	0	1
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	67	6	17	23	57	6	1	0	0
Gillis, MikeMike Gillis	LW	53	9	8	17	54	10	0	0	0
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	51	2	10	12	71	10	0	0	1
McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	D	78	1	8	9	83	4	0	0	0
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	D	25	0	8	8	29	6	0	0	0
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk	D	48	0	8	8	84	3	0	0	0
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	LW/C	17	3	3	6	2	0	0	1	0
Baron, MarcoMarco Baron	G	44	0	2	2	35	0	0	0	0
MacTavish, CraigCraig MacTavish	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	38	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moffat, MikeMike Moffat	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morrison, DougDoug Morrison	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Redmond, DickDick Redmond	D	17	0	0	0	4	-7	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Baron, MarcoMarco Baron	2515	44	22	16	4	144	3.44	1
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	2165	38	19	11	6	132	3.66	1
Moffat, MikeMike Moffat	120	2	2	0	0	6	3.00	0
Team:	4800	80	43	27	10	282	3.53	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson	C	11	7	11	18	2	1	0	2
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	11	6	9	15	0	2	0	0
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	11	6	8	14	6	2	0	1
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	11	5	4	9	56	0	0	1
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper	C	11	3	6	9	22	1	0	0
Crowder, BruceBruce Crowder	RW	11	5	3	8	9	1	0	0
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	9	1	5	6	16	0	0	1
Park, BradBrad Park	D	11	1	4	5	4	0	0	1
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder	RW	11	2	2	4	14	0	0	0
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	11	2	2	4	20	0	0	0
Marcotte, DonDon Marcotte	LW	11	0	4	4	10	0	0	0
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	11	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	6	3	0	3	0	2	0	0
Gillis, MikeMike Gillis	LW	11	1	2	3	6	0	0	0
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk	D	11	0	3	3	40	0	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	9	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	D	8	0	1	1	16	0	0	0
Moffat, MikeMike Moffat	G	11	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	LW/C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McCrimmon, BradBrad McCrimmon	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Redmond, DickDick Redmond	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Moffat, MikeMike Moffat	663	11	6	5	38	3.44	0
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0
Team:	683	11	6	5	39	3.43	0

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

• 1981–82 NHL season