# 1982–83 Boston Bruins season

The 1982–83 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 59th season.

## 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: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents

Adams Division record vs. opponents :
Vs. Wales Conference
Vs. Adams Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Boston
—5–36–23–3–25–2–119–10–3
Buffalo
3–5—5–2–13–3–23–3–214–13–5
Hartford
2–62–5–1—3–52–69–22–1
Montreal
3–3–23–3–25–3—5–2–116–11–5
Quebec
2–5–13–3–26–22–5–1—13–15–4
Vs. Patrick Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Boston
1−0−22−0−13−02−0−12−10−310−4−4
Buffalo
2−0−12−12−0−12−11−1−13−012−3−3
Hartford
2–11–21–21–20–30−2−15−12−1
Montreal
2−10−1−22–12−12−11−0−29−5−4
Quebec
2−11−1–12–10−33−01−1−19−7−2
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Boston
3–03–03–03–02–114–1–0
Buffalo
1−1−11−1−10−2−12−10−2−14−7−4
Hartford
0–30–30−2−11–21–22–12–1
Montreal
0–31−0–23–02–0–10−1–26–4–5
Quebec
1–21–1–12–11–1–11–1–16–6–3
Vs. Smythe Division
1982–83 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Boston
2−0−12−0−11−22−10−2−17−5−3
Buffalo
2−11–22−11−1−12−18−6−1
Hartford
0−1–20–2–11–21–21–1–13–8–4
Montreal
2−11−22−13–03−011−4−0
Quebec
2−0−11−1−11−1−10−32−16−6−3 :

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| 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 statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Barry Pederson | C | 77 | 46 | 61 | 107 | 47 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 10 |
| Rick Middleton | RW | 80 | 49 | 47 | 96 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Keith Crowder | RW | 74 | 35 | 39 | 74 | 105 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Peter McNab | C | 74 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Raymond Bourque | D | 65 | 22 | 51 | 73 | 20 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Krushelnyski | LW/C | 79 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Tom Fergus | C | 80 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Mike O'Connell | D | 80 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 42 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Bruce Crowder | RW | 80 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 58 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | D | 76 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 82 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 75 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luc Dufour | LW | 73 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 107 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Milbury | D | 78 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 216 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Terry O'Reilly | RW | 19 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brad Palmer | LW | 73 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 18 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Cashman | LW | 65 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Marty Howe | D | 78 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Hillier | D | 70 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 99 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Normand Leveille | LW | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Kasper | C | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gord Kluzak | D | 70 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barr | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Peeters | G | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Gillis | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Baron | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Jonathan | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott McLellan | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Melnyk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Moffat | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Pete Peeters | 3611 | 62 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 142 | 2.36 | 8 |
| Marco Baron | 516 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 3.84 | 0 |
| Mike 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 |
| Rick Middleton | RW | 17 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Pederson | C | 17 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Raymond Bourque | D | 17 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Krushelnyski | LW/C | 17 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Park | D | 16 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter McNab | C | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike O'Connell | D | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Crowder | RW | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gord Kluzak | D | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Crowder | RW | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Fergus | C | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Gillis | LW | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Kasper | C | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luc Dufour | LW | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Palmer | LW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Howe | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barr | RW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Hillier | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Melnyk | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Peeters | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Pete Peeters | 1024 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 3.57 | 1 |
| Team: | 1024 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 3.57 | 1 |
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Draft picks

The 1982 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 9, 1982, at the held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. The Boston Bruins held the 1st overall draft pick.
| Pick # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 1 | Gord Kluzak | Defense | Canada | Billings Bighorns (WHL) |
| 22 | Brian Curran | Defense | Canada | Portland (WHL) |
| 39 | Lyndon Byers | Right Wing | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 60 | Dave Reid | Left Wing | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 102 | Bob Nicholson | Defense | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
| 123 | Bob Sweeney | Center | United States | Acton-Boxborough High School (USHS-MA) |
| 144 | John Meulenbroeks | Defense | Canada | Brantford Alexanders (OHL) |
| 165 | Tony Fiore | Center | Canada | Montreal Juniors (QMJHL) |
| 186 | Doug Kostynski | Center | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 228 | Tommy Lehmann | Center | Sweden | Stocksund (Sweden) |
| 249 | Bruno Campese | Goaltender | Canada | Northern Michigan University (CCHA) |