# 1981–82 Boston Bruins season

The 1981–82 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 58th season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Adams Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | PTS |
| Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 360 | 223 | 1463 | 109 |
| Boston Bruins | 80 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 323 | 285 | 1266 | 96 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 80 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 307 | 273 | 1425 | 93 |
| Quebec Nordiques | 80 | 33 | 31 | 16 | 356 | 345 | 1757 | 82 |
| Hartford Whalers | 80 | 21 | 41 | 18 | 264 | 351 | 1493 | 60 |
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
1981–82 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Boston
—5–2–14–2–20–7–14–413–15–4
Buffalo
2–5–1—4–1–33–2–34–3–113–11–8
Hartford
2–4–21–4–3—0–7–12–3–35–18–9
Montreal
7–0–12–3–37–0–1—3–3–219–6–7
Quebec
4–43–4–13–2–33–3–2—13–13–6
Vs. Patrick Division
1981–82 NHL records
Team
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Boston
2–12–11–21–1–13–09–5–1
Buffalo
2–10–2–11–22–13–08–6–1
Hartford
0–2–11–1–10−30–2–11–22–10–3
Montreal
1–22–12–12–11–28–7–0
Quebec
1–1–11–1–11–1–10–32–0–15–6–4
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1981–82 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
WIN
Total
Boston
1−22−0−11−21−1–13−03−011−5−2
Buffalo
2−13−01−1−12−12−0−11−0−211−3−4
Hartford
1–1–12–0–11–22–13–02−111−5−2
Montreal
2−0−12−11–0−22−0−12–0−11−0−210−1−7
Quebec
2−13−00−2–12−11−1–12−0−110−5−3
Vs. Smythe Division
1981–82 NHL records
Team
CGY
COL
EDM
LAK
VAN
Total
Boston
1−1−13−01−0–23−02−110−2−3
Buffalo
0−2−13–01−22−11−1−17−6−2
Hartford
1–20–2–10–2–12–0–10–2–13–8–4
Montreal
2−12−0−11−0−22–12−19−3−3
Quebec
0−32−12−10–1–21–1−15−7−3 :

## Schedule and results

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 statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Rick Middleton | RW | 75 | 51 | 43 | 94 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 9 |
| Barry Pederson | C | 80 | 44 | 48 | 92 | 53 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 7 |
| Peter McNab | C | 80 | 36 | 40 | 76 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| Raymond Bourque | D | 65 | 17 | 49 | 66 | 51 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Brad Park | D | 75 | 14 | 42 | 56 | 82 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | RW | 70 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 213 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Steve Kasper | C | 73 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 72 | -18 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Keith Crowder | RW | 71 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Cashman | LW | 64 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 59 | -17 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Fergus | C | 61 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike O'Connell | D | 80 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | LW | 69 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Normand Leveille | LW | 66 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 49 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Bruce Crowder | RW | 63 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 31 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Stan Jonathan | LW | 67 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Gillis | LW | 53 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | D | 51 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad McCrimmon | D | 78 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Hillier | D | 25 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Melnyk | D | 48 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Krushelnyski | LW/C | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marco Baron | G | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barr | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Moffat | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Morrison | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Redmond | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Marco Baron | 2515 | 44 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 144 | 3.44 | 1 |
| Rogie Vachon | 2165 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 132 | 3.66 | 1 |
| Mike 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 |
| Barry Pederson | C | 11 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rick Middleton | RW | 11 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter McNab | C | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Terry O'Reilly | RW | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Kasper | C | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Crowder | RW | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Raymond Bourque | D | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brad Park | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Crowder | RW | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike O'Connell | D | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Marcotte | LW | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Milbury | D | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Fergus | C | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Gillis | LW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Melnyk | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Cashman | LW | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Barr | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Hillier | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Moffat | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Jonathan | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Krushelnyski | LW/C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad McCrimmon | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Redmond | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

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

Boston's draft picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 14 | Normand Leveille | Canada | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 35 | Luc Dufour | Canada | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 77 | Scott McLellan | Canada | Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL) |
| 5 | 98 | Joe Mantione | Canada | Cornwall Royals (QMJHL) |
| 6 | 119 | Bruce Milton | United States | Boston University (ECAC) |
| 7 | 140 | Mats Thelin | Sweden | AIK (Sweden) |
| 8 | 161 | Armel Parisee | Canada | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
| 9 | 182 | Don Sylvestri | Canada | Clarkson University (ECAC) |
| 10 | 203 | Richard Bourque | Canada | Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL) |