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Hartford Whalers (leads 1-0) 1 3 0 - 4
Boston Bruins         0 2 1 - 3

The Whalers scored on 4 of their first 8 shots and then hung on to beat the
Bruins at Boston for game one. The Whalers scored on their first shot by
Krygier. The Bruins threw 36 shots at goaltender Sidorkiewicz. The Bruins
got their 3rd goal on a 2 man advantage with 22 seconds left in the game.

1st period: HAR, Krygier (1st) - (Verbeek, Francis) 5:42

2nd period: HAR, Evason (1st) - (Tippett) 2:41
HAR, Young (1st) - (Ferraro, Tomlak) 6:16
BOS, Neely (1st) - (Poulin, Bourque) 6:29
HAR, Ladouceur (1st) - (Krygier, Shaw) 9:19

3rd period: BOS, Poulin (1st) - (Carter) (pp) 19:38

Powerplay Opportunities-Whalers 0 of 4
Bruins 1 of 6

Shots on Goal-Whalers 5 6 6 - 17
Bruins 11 11 14 - 36

Hartford Whalers--Sidorkiewicz (1-0) (36 shots - 33 saves)
Boston Bruins--Lemelin (0-1) (17 shots - 13 saves)