Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Monday, November 24, 1986 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 on Monday, November 24, 1986 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Bruins outshot the Maple Leafs 37–24.
Goals came from Russ Courtnall, Steve Thomas, Ray Bourque, Ken Linseman and Greg Johnston.
Doug Keans made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Allan Bester stopped 34 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Russ Courtnall (6)Gary Leeman (8)0–112:24 TOR ·
2nd period
Steve Thomas (9)Rick Vaive (7), Tom Fergus (12)0–206:48 TOR
3rd period
Ray Bourque (5)Steve Kasper (6), Mike Milbury (4)1–205:16 BOS · 
Ken Linseman (4)Reed Larson (9), Keith Crowder (6)2–216:50 BOS
Greg Johnston (3)Charlie Simmer (15), Ken Linseman (12)3–219:03 BOS
Team stats
BOSTOR
3724
0%0%
0/40/2
1317
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:21 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 6:21 into the first period
Borje Salming · holding2 min - 10:27 into the first periodMike Allison · hooking2 min
- 11:00 into the first periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the first periodBob Mcgill · roughing2 min
- 17:06 into the first periodChris Kotsopoulos · cross checking2 min
- 18:34 into the first periodAllan Bester · delaying game2 min
- 3:58 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min
- 7:15 into the second periodNevin Markwart · fighting5 min
- 7:15 into the second periodJerome Dupont · fighting5 min
- 4:59 into the third periodMats Thelin · hooking2 min
- 9:45 into the third periodDoug Keans · delaying game2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Ken YaremchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Val JamesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | L | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |