1982–83 Boston Bruins season

1982–83 Boston Bruins
Division	1st Adams
1982–83 record	50–20–10
Goals for	327
Goals against	228
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Gerry Cheevers
Captain	Wayne Cashman
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Middleton (49)
Assists	Barry Pederson (61)
Points	Barry Pederson (107)
Penalty minutes	Mike Milbury (216)
Wins	Pete Peeters (40)
Goals against average	Pete Peeters (2.06)

The 1982–83 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 59th season. The Bruins finished 1st in the Adams Division and lost in the Prince of Wales Conference Finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 2.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	50	20	10	327	228	110
Montreal Canadiens	80	42	24	14	350	286	98
Buffalo Sabres	80	38	29	13	318	285	89
Quebec Nordiques	80	34	34	12	343	336	80
Hartford Whalers	80	19	54	7	261	403	45

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 Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 1982	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	0–1–0
2	W	October 9, 1982	5–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	1–1–0
3	W	October 10, 1982	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	2–1–0
4	T	October 12, 1982	2–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	2–1–1
5	W	October 14, 1982	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	3–1–1
6	T	October 16, 1982	6–6	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	3–1–2
7	W	October 19, 1982	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	4–1–2
8	W	October 21, 1982	5–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	5–1–2
9	L	October 23, 1982	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	5–2–2
10	L	October 24, 1982	4–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	5–3–2
11	L	October 27, 1982	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	5–4–2
12	T	October 30, 1982	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	5–4–3
13	W	November 3, 1982	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	6–4–3
14	L	November 4, 1982	2–5	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	6–5–3
15	W	November 7, 1982	7–0	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	7–5–3
16	L	November 11, 1982	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	7–6–3
17	W	November 13, 1982	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	8–6–3
18	W	November 14, 1982	7–3	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	9–6–3
19	W	November 16, 1982	7–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	10–6–3
20	W	November 18, 1982	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	11–6–3
21	L	November 20, 1982	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	11–7–3
22	W	November 21, 1982	2–1	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	12–7–3
23	T	November 24, 1982	4–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	12–7–4
24	T	November 25, 1982	1–1	New York Islanders (1982–83)	12–7–5
25	W	November 27, 1982	8–0	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	13–7–5
26	T	December 2, 1982	3–3	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	13–7–6
27	W	December 4, 1982	6–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	14–7–6
28	W	December 5, 1982	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	15–7–6
29	L	December 7, 1982	5–10	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	15–8–6
30	W	December 9, 1982	8–5	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	16–8–6
31	W	December 11, 1982	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	17–8–6
32	L	December 12, 1982	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	17–9–6
33	W	December 16, 1982	8–1	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	18–9–6
34	W	December 18, 1982	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	19–9–6
35	W	December 23, 1982	5–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	20–9–6
36	W	December 26, 1982	5–2	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	21–9–6
37	W	December 28, 1982	3–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	22–9–6
38	W	December 31, 1982	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	23–9–6
39	L	January 2, 1983	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	23–10–6
40	W	January 5, 1983	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	24–10–6
41	T	January 7, 1983	2–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	24–10–7
42	W	January 8, 1983	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	25–10–7
43	W	January 12, 1983	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	26–10–7
44	W	January 13, 1983	2–0	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	27–10–7
45	W	January 15, 1983	2–0	New York Rangers (1982–83)	28–10–7
46	W	January 17, 1983	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	29–10–7
47	W	January 20, 1983	4–0	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	30–10–7
48	W	January 22, 1983	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	31–10–7
49	W	January 24, 1983	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	32–10–7
50	W	January 29, 1983	7–3	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	33–10–7
51	T	January 31, 1983	2–2	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	33–10–8
52	W	February 3, 1983	5–3	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	34–10–8
53	W	February 5, 1983	7–4	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	35–10–8
54	W	February 6, 1983	5–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	36–10–8
55	W	February 10, 1983	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	37–10–8
56	W	February 13, 1983	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	38–10–8
57	L	February 16, 1983	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	38–11–8
58	L	February 18, 1983	5–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	38–12–8
59	W	February 19, 1983	6–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	39–12–8
60	L	February 22, 1983	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	39–13–8
61	L	February 25, 1983	6–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	39–14–8
62	W	February 27, 1983	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	40–14–8
63	W	February 28, 1983	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	41–14–8
64	L	March 3, 1983	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	41–15–8
65	W	March 5, 1983	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	42–15–8
66	W	March 6, 1983	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	43–15–8
67	W	March 8, 1983	11–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	44–15–8
68	L	March 10, 1983	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	44–16–8
69	W	March 12, 1983	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	45–16–8
70	L	March 13, 1983	4–6	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	45–17–8
71	L	March 17, 1983	1–2	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	45–18–8
72	T	March 19, 1983	2–2	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	45–18–9
73	W	March 20, 1983	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	46–18–9
74	W	March 22, 1983	3–1	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	47–18–9
75	W	March 24, 1983	7–6	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	48–18–9
76	W	March 26, 1983	7–4	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	49–18–9
77	L	March 27, 1983	1–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	49–19–9
78	W	March 29, 1983	4–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	50–19–9
79	L	April 2, 1983	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	50–20–9
80	T	April 3, 1983	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	50–20–10

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson	C	77	46	61	107	47	38	15	1	10
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	80	49	47	96	8	33	6	3	7
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder	RW	74	35	39	74	105	22	10	0	5
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	74	22	52	74	23	16	5	0	2
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	65	22	51	73	20	49	7	0	5
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	LW/C	79	23	42	65	43	38	4	2	1
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	80	28	35	63	39	26	4	0	6
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	80	14	39	53	42	44	7	1	5
Crowder, BruceBruce Crowder	RW	80	21	19	40	58	30	1	0	0
Park, BradBrad Park	D	76	10	26	36	82	20	5	0	0
MacTavish, CraigCraig MacTavish	C	75	10	20	30	18	15	0	0	1
Dufour, LucLuc Dufour	LW	73	14	11	25	107	19	0	0	1
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	78	9	15	24	216	22	1	0	2
O'Reilly, TerryTerry O'Reilly	RW	19	6	14	20	40	16	0	1	1
Palmer, BradBrad Palmer	LW	73	6	11	17	18	-7	0	0	0
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	65	4	11	15	20	2	1	0	1
Howe, MartyMarty Howe	D	78	1	11	12	24	21	0	0	0
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	D	70	0	10	10	99	10	0	0	0
Leveille, NormandNormand Leveille	LW	9	3	6	9	0	1	2	0	2
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper	C	24	2	6	8	24	-8	0	0	1
Kluzak, GordGord Kluzak	D	70	1	6	7	105	6	0	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	10	1	1	2	7	1	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	62	0	2	2	33	0	0	0	0
Gillis, MikeMike Gillis	LW	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Jonathan, StanStan Jonathan	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McLellan, ScottScott McLellan	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baron, MarcoMarco Baron	G	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Moffat, MikeMike Moffat	G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	3611	62	40	11	9	142	2.36	8
Baron, MarcoMarco Baron	516	9	6	3	0	33	3.84	0
Moffat, MikeMike Moffat	673	13	4	6	1	49	4.37	0
Team:	4800	80	50	20	10	224	2.80	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	17	11	22	33	6	4	1	1
Pederson, BarryBarry Pederson	C	17	14	18	32	21	1	1	2
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	17	8	15	23	10	2	0	1
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	LW/C	17	8	6	14	12	2	0	0
Park, BradBrad Park	D	16	3	9	12	18	1	0	1
McNab, PeterPeter McNab	C	15	3	5	8	4	0	0	0
O'Connell, MikeMike O'Connell	D	17	3	5	8	12	2	0	1
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder	RW	17	1	6	7	54	1	0	0
Kluzak, GordGord Kluzak	D	17	1	4	5	54	0	0	0
Crowder, BruceBruce Crowder	RW	17	3	1	4	32	0	0	1
MacTavish, CraigCraig MacTavish	C	17	3	1	4	18	0	0	0
Fergus, TomTom Fergus	C	15	2	2	4	15	0	0	0
Gillis, MikeMike Gillis	LW	12	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper	C	12	2	1	3	10	0	1	0
Dufour, LucLuc Dufour	LW	17	1	0	1	30	0	0	1
Palmer, BradBrad Palmer	LW	7	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
Cashman, WayneWayne Cashman	LW	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Howe, MartyMarty Howe	D	12	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
Hillier, RandyRandy Hillier	D	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Barr, DaveDave Barr	RW	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk	D	11	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	17	0	0	0	8	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	1024	17	9	8	61	3.57	1
Team:	1024	17	9	8	61	3.57	1

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

Awards and Records

• Vezina Trophy: Pete Peeters
• Pete Peeters, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
• Ray Bourque, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star

See Also

• 1982–83 NHL season

References

• 1982–83 Boston Bruins Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.