Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 29, 1986 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 in overtime on Wednesday, January 29, 1986 at Hartford Civic Center.
Kevin Dineen scored twice and Ray Ferraro scored twice. Barry Pederson, Gord Kluzak, Randy Burridge, Ken Linseman and Ray Bourque also scored.
Pat Riggin made 19 saves on 23 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Dineen (17)Dave Babych (35), Risto Siltanen (19)0–102:36 HFD · 
Barry Pederson (17)Ray Bourque (32), Rick Middleton (27)1–117:35 BOS ·
2nd period
Ray Ferraro (20)Sylvain Turgeon (23), Dave Babych (36)1–204:08 HFD · 
Gord Kluzak (5)Rick Middleton (28), Ray Bourque (33)2–209:45 BOS
Randy Burridge (12)Mike O'connell (16), Steve Kasper (18)3–217:21 BOS
3rd period
Ken Linseman (14)Charlie Simmer (12), Gord Kluzak (19)4–201:36 BOS- Kevin Dineen (18)Dave Tippett (13), Torrie Robertson (23)4–304:05 HFD
- Ray Ferraro (21)Sylvain Turgeon (24), Dave Babych (37)4–407:33 HFD ·
Overtime
Ray Bourque (14)Keith Crowder (26), Michael Thelven (17)5–402:26 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSHFD
2323
0%0%
2/83/10
2823
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:40 into the first period
Ken Linseman · high sticking2 min - 2:15 into the first periodPat Riggin · slashing2 min
- 5:07 into the first period
Doug Jarvis · holding2 min - 7:25 into the first periodTorrie Robertson · boarding2 min
- 10:44 into the first periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 16:57 into the first periodPaul Lawless · hooking2 min
- 1:45 into the second periodSylvain Turgeon · hooking2 min
- 2:14 into the second periodRay Bourque · cross checking2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodDave Pasin · tripping2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodMats Thelin · slashing2 min
- 4:30 into the third periodBrian Curran · holding2 min
- 4:30 into the third periodBrian Curran · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:07 into the third periodSylvain Turgeon · tripping2 min
- 8:01 into the third periodGord Kluzak · fighting5 min
- 8:01 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 8:26 into the third periodPaul Lawless · holding2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · tripping2 min
- 17:04 into the third periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 1:48 into overtimeTim Bothwell · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 37Dave PasinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Kraig NienhuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |