1982–83 Boston Bruins season

1982–83 Boston Bruins
Adams Division champions
Division1st Adams
Conference1st Wales
1982–83 record50–20–10
Home record28–6–6
Road record22–14–4
Goals for327
Goals against228
Team information
General managerHarry Sinden
CoachGerry Cheevers
CaptainWayne Cashman
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaBoston Garden
Average attendance13,271
Team leaders
GoalsRick Middleton (49)
AssistsBarry Pederson (61)
PointsBarry Pederson (107)
Penalty minutesMike Milbury (216)
Plus/minusRay Bourque (49)
WinsPete Peeters (40)
Goals against averagePete Peeters (2.37)

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

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
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

[1]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. Campbell Conference


Schedule and results

1982–83 regular season[3]
October
Game Result 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
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

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

[4]

Note:
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;

Awards and records

Transactions

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)
Reference: "1982 NHL Entry Draft hockeydraftcentral.com". Retrieved October 28, 2013.

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1982-83 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "1982-83 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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