1981–82 Boston Bruins season

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

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 8, 1981|| 5–7|| align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||0–1–0

|2||T||October 10, 1981||1–1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||0–1–1

|3||W||October 11, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||1–1–1

|4||W||October 14, 1981||8–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||2–1–1

|5||W||October 16, 1981||6–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||3–1–1

|6||W||October 17, 1981||5–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) ||4–1–1

|7||W||October 20, 1981||4–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||5–1–1

|8||T||October 22, 1981||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||5–1–2

|9||L||October 24, 1981||0–7 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||5–2–2

|10||T||October 29, 1981||5–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||5–2–3

|11||W||October 31, 1981||7–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1981–82) ||6–2–3

|12||W||November 1, 1981||4–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||7–2–3

|13||W||November 5, 1981||2–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||8–2–3

|14||W||November 7, 1981||10–1 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||9–2–3

|15||L||November 8, 1981||1–4 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||9–3–3

|16||W||November 12, 1981||5–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||10–3–3

|17||T||November 14, 1981||3–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) ||10–3–4

|18||L||November 15, 1981||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||10–4–4

|19||W||November 19, 1981||6–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||11–4–4

|20||W||November 21, 1981||5–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) ||12–4–4

|21||L||November 22, 1981||1–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||12–5–4

|22||L||November 24, 1981||1–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1981–82) ||12–6–4

|23||L||November 26, 1981||1–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||12–7–4

|24||W||November 28, 1981||5–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1981–82) ||13–7–4

|25||W||December 3, 1981||6–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||14–7–4

|26||W||December 5, 1981||5–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||15–7–4

|27||W||December 9, 1981||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1981–82) ||16–7–4

|28||L||December 10, 1981||2–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||16–8–4

|29||W||December 13, 1981||5–1 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||17–8–4

|30||L||December 17, 1981||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||17–9–4

|31||L||December 19, 1981||2–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||17–10–4

|32||W||December 20, 1981||6–4 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) ||18–10–4

|33||W||December 23, 1981||7–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||19–10–4

|34||W||December 26, 1981||9–6 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||20–10–4

|35||W||December 29, 1981||5–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||21–10–4

|36||W||December 30, 1981||4–2 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||22–10–4

|37||T||January 2, 1982||4–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||22–10–5

|38||W||January 3, 1982||8–5 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||23–10–5

|39||L||January 5, 1982||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||23–11–5

|40||W||January 7, 1982||8–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||24–11–5

|41||L||January 9, 1982||1–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||24–12–5

|42||W||January 11, 1982||5–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) ||25–12–5

|43||W||January 14, 1982||5–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1981–82) ||26–12–5

|44||T||January 16, 1982||3–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||26–12–6

|45||L||January 17, 1982||3–7 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||26–13–6

|46||L||January 20, 1982||4–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) ||26–14–6

|47||W||January 21, 1982||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) ||27–14–6

|48||W||January 23, 1982||3–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||28–14–6

|49||T||January 25, 1982||3–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||28–14–7

|50||L||January 28, 1982||3–6 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||28–15–7

|51||L||January 30, 1982||2–3 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||28–16–7

|52||W||January 31, 1982||4–2 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||29–16–7

|53||W||February 3, 1982||5–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||30–16–7

|54||W||February 4, 1982||5–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||31–16–7

|55||L||February 6, 1982||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||31–17–7

|56||W||February 11, 1982||4–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||32–17–7

|57||L||February 13, 1982||3–6 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||32–18–7

|58||T||February 14, 1982||2–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||32–18–8

|59||L||February 17, 1982||3–6 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||32–19–8

|60||W||February 20, 1982||7–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||33–19–8

|61||W||February 21, 1982||1–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||34–19–8

|62||L||February 24, 1982||3–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||34–20–8

|63||L||February 27, 1982||4–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1981–82) ||34–21–8

|64||T||March 2, 1982||2–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||34–21–9

|65||W||March 3, 1982||3–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) ||35–21–9

|66||W||March 6, 1982||4–0 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) ||36–21–9

|67||L||March 7, 1982||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||36–22–9

|68||L||March 9, 1982||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||36–23–9

|69||W||March 11, 1982||7–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||37–23–9

|70||W||March 13, 1982||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||38–23–9

|71||L||March 14, 1982||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||38–24–9

|72||T||March 16, 1982||3–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||38–24–10

|73||W||March 20, 1982||6–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||39–24–10

|74||W||March 22, 1982||5–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||40–24–10

|75||W||March 25, 1982||5–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||41–24–10

|76||L||March 27, 1982||5–6 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||41–25–10

|77||L||March 28, 1982||5–9 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||41–26–10

|78||L||April 1, 1982||5–8 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||41–27–10

|79||W||April 3, 1982||5–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||42–27–10

|80||W||April 4, 1982||7–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||43–27–10

Legend:

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 75 51 43 94 12151919 C 80 44 48 92 53271347 C 80 36 40 76 1901115 D 65 17 49 66 5122402 D 75 14 42 56 8211801 RW 70 22 30 52 21323013 C 73 20 31 51 72-18133 RW 71 23 21 44 1010001 LW 64 12 31 43 59-17301 C 61 15 24 39 1215202 D 80 5 34 39 758100 LW 69 13 21 34 14-2003 LW 66 14 19 33 4916104 RW 63 16 11 27 31-7101 LW 67 6 17 23 576100 LW 53 9 8 17 5410000 D 51 2 10 12 7110001 D 78 1 8 9 834000 D 25 0 8 8 296000 D 48 0 8 8 843000 LW/C 17 3 3 6 20010 G 44 0 2 2 350000 C 2 0 1 1 00000 G 38 0 1 1 00000 RW 2 0 0 0 00000 G 2 0 0 0 00000 RW 3 0 0 0 0-2000 D 17 0 0 0 4-7000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2515 44 22 16 4 144 3.44 1 2165 38 19 11 6 132 3.66 1 120 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 C 11 7 11 18 2102 RW 11 6 9 15 0200 C 11 6 8 14 6201 RW 11 5 4 9 56001 C 11 3 6 9 22100 RW 11 5 3 8 9100 D 9 1 5 6 16001 D 11 1 4 5 4001 RW 11 2 2 4 14000 D 11 2 2 4 20000 LW 11 0 4 4 10000 D 11 0 4 4 6000 C 6 3 0 3 0200 LW 11 1 2 3 6000 D 11 0 3 3 40000 LW 9 0 2 2 6000 RW 5 1 0 1 0000 D 8 0 1 1 16000 G 11 0 1 1 8000 LW 11 0 0 0 6000 LW/C 1 0 0 0 2000 D 2 0 0 0 2000 D 2 0 0 0 0000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 663 11 6 5 38 3.44 0 20 1 0 0 1 3.00 0 Team: 683 11 6 5 39 3.43 0

Awards and records

Transactions

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)114Normand LeveilleChicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)235Luc DufourChicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)477Scott McLellanNiagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)598Joe MantioneCornwall Royals (QMJHL)6119Bruce MiltonBoston University (ECAC)7140Mats ThelinAIK (Sweden)8161Armel PariseeChicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)9182Don SylvestriClarkson University (ECAC)10203Richard BourqueSherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)

See also 1981–82 NHL season

References