Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1986 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Boston Bruins 2–0 on Tuesday, December 23, 1986 at Hartford Civic Center.
Goals came from Dave Babych and Dave Tippett.
Mike Liut made 23 saves on 23 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 21 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Babych (4)Ron Francis (26), Mike McEwen (3)0–115:12 HFD ·
2nd period
Dave Tippett (4)Doug Jarvis (5)0–204:07 HFD ·
Team stats
BOSHFD
2323
0%0%
0/71/7
3232
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:08 into the first period
John Anderson · tripping2 min - 2:52 into the first period
Ray Bourque · tripping2 min - 8:12 into the first periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 12:41 into the first periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 12:41 into the first periodDean Evason · high sticking2 min
- 14:05 into the first periodTom McCarthy · interference2 min
- 16:04 into the first periodRandy Burridge · instigator2 min
- 16:04 into the first periodRandy Burridge · fighting5 min
- 16:04 into the first periodKevin Dineen · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the first periodGreg Johnston · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the first periodScot Kleinendorst · instigator2 min
- 18:41 into the first periodScot Kleinendorst · fighting5 min
- 19:22 into the first periodKen Linseman · high sticking double minor4 min
- 19:22 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 2:50 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · interference2 min
- 5:59 into the second periodNevin Markwart · roughing double minor4 min
- 5:59 into the second periodDave Barr · roughing2 min
- 8:24 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 12:33 into the second periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 12:37 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · high sticking2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodKevin Dineen · cross checking2 min
- 6:09 into the third periodCharlie Simmer · tripping2 min
- 9:09 into the third periodSteve Kasper · roughing2 min
- 9:09 into the third periodRay Ferraro · roughing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 35Cleon DaskalakisG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 23 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |