1983–84 Boston Bruins season

1983–84 Boston Bruins
Adams Division champions
Division	1st Adams
1983–84 record	49–25–6
Goals for	336
Goals against	261
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Gerry Cheevers
Captain	Terry O'Reilly
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Rick Middleton (47)
Assists	Barry Pederson (77)
Points	Barry Pederson (116)
Penalty minutes	Mike Milbury (159)
Plus/minus	Ray Bourque (51)
Wins	Pete Peeters (41)
Goals against average	Pete Peeters (3.16)

The 1983–84 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 60th season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	80	49	25	6	336	261	104
Buffalo Sabres	80	48	25	7	315	257	103
Quebec Nordiques	80	42	28	10	360	278	94
Montreal Canadiens	80	35	40	5	286	295	75
Hartford Whalers	80	28	42	10	288	320	66

^[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. Adams Division 1983–84 NHL records[2] Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total Boston — 4–4 5–2–1 6–2 4–4 19–12–1 Buffalo 4–4 — 5–3 8–0 1–6–1 18–13–1 Hartford 2–5–1 3–5 — 0–7−1 1–3−4 6–20–6 Montreal 2–6 0–8 7–0−1 — 3–5 12–19–1 Quebec 4–4 6–1–1 3–1−4 5–3 — 18–9–5 Vs. Patrick Division 1983–84 NHL records Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total Boston 2−1 2−0−1 2−0–1 1−1−1 3−0 2−1 12−3−3 Buffalo 2−0−1 0−3 1−1−1 3−0 3−0 2−0−1 11−4−3 Hartford 1−1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1−2 9−8−1 Montreal 2−1 0−3 2–1 0−2−1 2−0−1 0−3 6−10−2 Quebec 2−1 2−1 0−2–1 0−2−1 3−0 2−1 9−7−2 Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Norris Division 1983–84 NHL records Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total Boston 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 8–7–0 Buffalo 1−2 1−1−1 1−2 2−1 2−0−1 7−6−2 Hartford 2–1 1–1−1 3−0 2–1 2–1 10–4–1 Montreal 2−0–1 3−0 1–2 3–0 2−1 11–3–1 Quebec 1–1−1 1–2 2–0−1 2–0–1 2–1 8–4–3 Vs. Smythe Division 1983–84 NHL records Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total Boston 2−0−1 1−2 3−0 2−0−1 2−1 10−3−2 Buffalo 3−0 1–2 2−0−1 3−0 3−0 12−2−1 Hartford 0−2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–2–1 3–10–2 Montreal 2−1 1−2 1−2 1–2 1−1−1 6−8−1 Quebec 2−1 0−3 3−0 1−2 1−2 7−8−0

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1983	9–3	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 1983	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	1–1–0
3	W	October 9, 1983	4–1	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	2–1–0
4	W	October 13, 1983	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	3–1–0
5	W	October 15, 1983	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	4–1–0
6	L	October 18, 1983	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	4–2–0
7	T	October 20, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	4–2–1
8	W	October 22, 1983	6–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	5–2–1
9	L	October 25, 1983	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	5–3–1
10	W	October 27, 1983	8–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	6–3–1
11	W	October 29, 1983	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	7–3–1
12	W	November 3, 1983	9–5	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	8–3–1
13	W	November 5, 1983	10–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	9–3–1
14	W	November 6, 1983	7–3	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	10–3–1
15	L	November 9, 1983	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	10–4–1
16	W	November 12, 1983	6–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	11–4–1
17	W	November 13, 1983	4–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	12–4–1
18	W	November 17, 1983	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	13–4–1
19	T	November 19, 1983	6–6 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84)	13–4–2
20	L	November 22, 1983	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	13–5–2
21	L	November 24, 1983	3–6	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	13–6–2
22	W	November 26, 1983	6–2	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	14–6–2
23	W	December 1, 1983	7–1	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	15–6–2
24	L	December 3, 1983	2–6	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	15–7–2
25	W	December 4, 1983	4–1	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	16–7–2
26	W	December 6, 1983	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	17–7–2
27	W	December 8, 1983	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	18–7–2
28	L	December 10, 1983	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	18–8–2
29	W	December 11, 1983	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	19–8–2
30	W	December 15, 1983	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	20–8–2
31	L	December 17, 1983	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	20–9–2
32	W	December 18, 1983	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	21–9–2
33	W	December 20, 1983	7–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	22–9–2
34	L	December 22, 1983	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	22–10–2
35	W	December 26, 1983	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	23–10–2
36	W	December 28, 1983	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	24–10–2
37	L	December 30, 1983	0–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	24–11–2
38	T	December 31, 1983	5–5 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	24–11–3
39	W	January 3, 1984	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	25–11–3
40	L	January 5, 1984	3–8	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	25–12–3
41	W	January 7, 1984	5–2	New York Rangers (1983–84)	26–12–3
42	W	January 11, 1984	7–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	27–12–3
43	W	January 12, 1984	6–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	28–12–3
44	W	January 14, 1984	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	29–12–3
45	W	January 16, 1984	2–0	New York Islanders (1983–84)	30–12–3
46	L	January 17, 1984	3–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	30–13–3
47	W	January 19, 1984	4–3	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	31–13–3
48	W	January 21, 1984	2–0	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	32–13–3
49	L	January 23, 1984	3–5	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	32–14–3
50	W	January 28, 1984	5–2	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	33–14–3
51	L	January 29, 1984	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	33–15–3
52	W	February 2, 1984	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	34–15–3
53	W	February 4, 1984	8–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	35–15–3
54	L	February 5, 1984	5–6	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	35–16–3
55	L	February 8, 1984	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	35–17–3
56	L	February 9, 1984	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	35–18–3
57	W	February 11, 1984	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	36–18–3
58	L	February 15, 1984	4–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	36–19–3
59	L	February 17, 1984	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	36–20–3
60	T	February 18, 1984	5–5 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	36–20–4
61	W	February 21, 1984	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	37–20–4
62	W	February 22, 1984	6–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	38–20–4
63	L	February 25, 1984	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	38–21–4
64	W	February 27, 1984	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	39–21–4
65	W	March 1, 1984	4–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	40–21–4
66	T	March 3, 1984	3–3 OT	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	40–21–5
67	L	March 4, 1984	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	40–22–5
68	W	March 8, 1984	3–2	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	41–22–5
69	W	March 10, 1984	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	42–22–5
70	L	March 11, 1984	1–2	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	42–23–5
71	W	March 14, 1984	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	43–23–5
72	L	March 15, 1984	3–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	43–24–5
73	L	March 17, 1984	3–5	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	43–25–5
74	W	March 20, 1984	6–4	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	44–25–5
75	T	March 22, 1984	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1983–84)	44–25–6
76	W	March 24, 1984	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	45–25–6
77	W	March 27, 1984	6–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	46–25–6
78	W	March 29, 1984	4–3	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	47–25–6
79	W	March 31, 1984	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	48–25–6
80	W	April 1, 1984	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	49–25–6

Playoffs

The Bruins lost the Division semi-finals (3-0) to the Montreal Canadiens.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Barry Pederson	C	80	39	77	116	64	27	10	3	7
Rick Middleton	RW	80	47	58	105	14	26	16	4	6
Raymond Bourque	D	78	31	65	96	57	51	12	1	5
Tom Fergus	C	69	25	36	61	12	8	6	0	3
Mike O'Connell	D	75	18	42	60	42	18	9	0	1
Keith Crowder	RW	63	24	28	52	128	12	4	0	4
Mike Krushelnyski	LW/C	66	25	20	45	55	9	3	2	1
Craig MacTavish	C	70	20	23	43	35	9	7	0	4
Gord Kluzak	D	80	10	27	37	135	9	5	0	3
Nevin Markwart	LW	70	14	16	30	121	2	0	0	3
Peter McNab	C	52	14	16	30	10	7	2	0	3
Dave Silk	RW	35	13	17	30	64	11	5	0	1
Terry O'Reilly	RW	58	12	18	30	124	9	2	0	2
Bruce Crowder	RW	74	6	14	20	44	1	0	0	0
Mike Milbury	D	74	2	17	19	159	2	0	0	1
Guy Lapointe	D	45	2	16	18	34	-3	1	0	1
Mike Gillis	LW	50	6	11	17	35	-7	0	0	1
Randy Hillier	D	69	3	12	15	125	-5	0	0	0
Steve Kasper	C	27	3	11	14	19	3	0	0	0
Luc Dufour	LW	41	6	4	10	47	2	0	0	1
Dave Donnelly	C	16	3	4	7	2	13	0	0	0
Lyndon Byers	RW	10	2	4	6	32	3	0	0	0
Jim Nill	RW	27	3	2	5	81	-5	0	0	0
Doug Kostynski	C	9	3	1	4	2	2	0	0	0
Greg Johnston	RW	15	2	1	3	2	-3	0	0	1
John Blum	D	12	1	1	2	30	5	0	0	1
Brian Curran	D	16	1	1	2	57	0	0	0	0
Jim Schoenfeld	D	39	0	2	2	20	18	0	0	0
Dave Reid	LW	8	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Geoff Courtnall	LW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Doug Keans	G	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Moffat	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Peeters	G	50	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Pete Peeters	2868	50	29	16	2	151	3.16	0
Doug Keans	1779	33	19	8	3	92	3.10	2
Mike Moffat	186	4	1	1	1	15	4.84	0
Team:	4833	80	49	25	6	258	3.20	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Tom Fergus	C	3	2	0	2	9	1	0	0
Raymond Bourque	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Barry Pederson	C	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
John Blum	D	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Bruce Crowder	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Crowder	RW	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Brian Curran	D	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Dave Donnelly	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gillis	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Steve Kasper	C	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Gord Kluzak	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luc Dufour	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Krushelnyski	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig MacTavish	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Middleton	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Milbury	D	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
Jim Nill	RW	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Mike O'Connell	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry O'Reilly	RW	3	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
Pete Peeters	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Silk	RW	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Pete Peeters	180	3	0	3	10	3.33	0
Team:	180	3	0	3	10	3.33	0

^[3]

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

Boston's draft picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	21	Nevin Markwart	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	42	Greg Johnston	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
3	62	Greg Puhalski	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4	82	Allan LaRochelle	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
5	102	Allen Pedersen	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6	122	Terry Taillefer	Canada	St. Albert Saints (AJHL)
7	142	Ian Armstrong	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
8	162	Francois Olivier	Canada	St-Jean Castors (QMJHL)
9	182	Harri Laurila	Finland	Lahti (Finland)
10	202	Paul Fitzsimmons	United States	Northeastern University (ECAC)
11	222	Norm Foster	Canada	Penticton Knights (BCJHL)
12	242	Greg Murphy	United States	Trinity-Pawling High School (USHS-NY)

Farm teams

See also

• 1983–84 NHL season

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. "1983-84 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

• "1983–84 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.

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