October 26th, 1982
Montreal Canadiens (9-7-1) at Boston Bruins (10-5-1)
The Habs don't get much of a chance to lick their wounds and get back at her when they face the Bruins at TD Garden Arena. The last time we faced the Bruins we lost 1-0 on a goal that was scored 82 seconds into the game. Montreal only mustered 12 shots that night. I was waiting for a reason to put
Al Ladd back on the 1st line and last nights blow out is reason enough.
Boston is led by LD
Tom Grimes. The 29 year old has 2 goals and 9 points in primarily a defensive role. In his 3rd season with Boston, the 1982 Hart Trophy Winner and 2 time All-Star has 22 goals and 100 points in 180 career NHL games.
At RD the Bruins rely on 32 year old
Gerald Rowe. Rowe has 4 goals and 12 points with a +8 in 16 games this year. The 1982 Conn Smythe Winner also won the Norris last season has played all of his 180 NHL career games in the Bruins uniform collecting 30 goals and 122 points with 197 PIMs and a +61 rating in mostly a defensive role.
RW
Mike McDaniel is suffering from a minor finger injury, but so far this season he has 7 goals and 13 points in 16 games. This 33 year old plays a balanced offense and defensive game with some brutal physicality. McDaniel has played his whole career in Boston and has played in 180 games having 63 goals and 152 points and 530 PIMs. He amassed 284 PIMs in the 80-81 season and was named an All-Star probably more for his 68 points.
Montreal will send
Mike Blackshear to start. He has started 14 games and carries a .884 save %. Boston will start
Jerry Welch, in 10 starts he has a .911 save %.
Montreal 3 Boston 1
Montreal opens the scoring at 3:39 when
Matthew Amadio gets his 1st of the season. The shots are 10 to 0 Montreal. Boston gets their 1st shot on goal nearly 9 minutes into the game. The period ends 1-0 and Montreal out shoots Boston 16 to 6.
The Habs go ahead 2-0 at 10:41 of the 2nd,
Lorenzo Bocci gets his 13th. Again Montreal dominates with the Bruins only getting 1 shot on goal so far this period. Montreal ends the period out shooting Boston 11 to 4 and 27 to 10 in the game so far. Unlike the Panther game, Montreal has not been short-handed yet.
Montreal goes up 3-0 at 2:35 of the 3rd when
Lorenzo Bocci gets his 14th of the year. The Bruins break up the shut out at 12:50 of the period when
Andrew Carylyon gets his 7th of the year.
Matthew Amadio takes a high-sticking minor at 14:04 to put Boston on the PP. Montreal is able to kill it. Montreal goes out and beats the Bruins in their own barn.
Montreal RD
Martin Sulc is the games 1st star with 2 assists and a +3 in 18:33 of ice time. The 28 year old Sulc now has 2 goals and 8 points in 18 games with a +11 rating. Sulc missed most of the 80-81 season due to a infection, but in 105 career NHL games he has 12 goals and 39 points in mostly a defensive role on the 2nd defense pairing.
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | MTL | Matthew Amadio | 1 | Yevgeny Ronov | Martin Sulc |
| 2nd | MTL | Lorenzo Bocci | 13 | Al Ladd | Chris Hughes |
| 3rd | MTL | Lorenzo Bocci | 14 | Chris Hughes | Martin Sulc |
| 3rd | BOS | Andrew Carylyon | 7 | Jeff Minor | Tom Grimes |
| MAJOR PENALTY's |
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| PER | TEAM | PLAYER | MIN | PENALTY |
| 3rd | MTL | Ronnie Marvin | 5 | Fighting |
| 3rd | BOS | Mike McDaniel | 5 | Fighting |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 18 | 1 |
| BOS | Jerry Welch | 42 | 3 |
Around the league............
Former Canadien, Tampa Bay Lightning RW
Rod Dow had 2 assists in a 2-1 win over the Wild. The 29 year old Dow has 1 goal and 8 points and is a -2 in 16 games this season. Dow played the previous 2 seasons with Montreal scoring a high of 25 goals in the 80-81 season. In 172 NHL games, Dow has 39 goals and 102 points with 151 PIMs and a +42 rating.