Boston Bruins vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 1986 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Tuesday, December 30, 1986 at St. Louis Arena. The Bruins outshot the Blues 31–26.
Goals came from Brian Benning, Charlie Bourgeois, Gino Cavallini, Cam Neely, Ron Flockhart, Thomas Gradin and Geoff Courtnall.
Greg Millen made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 20 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Benning (7)Mark Hunter (15), Doug Gilmour (31)0–107:27 STL · 
Charlie Bourgeois (1)Ron Flockhart (14), Pat Hughes (5)0–208:26 STL
Gino Cavallini (7)Herb Raglan (5), Rick Meagher (12)0–309:36 STL
2nd period
Cam Neely (13)Thomas Gradin (12), Geoff Courtnall (15)1–308:50 BOS
Ron Flockhart (10)Bernie Federko (23), Ric Nattress (16)1–413:03 STL · 
Thomas Gradin (5)Geoff Courtnall (16)2–413:34 BOS
3rd period
Geoff Courtnall (6)Rick Middleton (9), Thomas Gradin (13)3–419:56 BOS
Team stats
BOSSTL
3126
0%0%
0/52/5
2838
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Nevin Markwart · roughing2 min - 1:53 into the first period
Charlie Bourgeois · roughing double minor4 min - 6:41 into the first periodRay Bourque · boarding2 min
- 14:03 into the first periodNevin Markwart · fighting5 min
- 14:03 into the first periodMark Hunter · instigator2 min
- 14:03 into the first periodMark Hunter · fighting5 min
- 17:40 into the first periodHerb Raglan · hooking2 min
- 1:14 into the second periodMike Milbury · roughing double minor4 min
- 1:14 into the second periodDoug Evans · roughing2 min
- 1:14 into the second periodDoug Gilmour · game misconduct10 min
- 4:49 into the second periodRob Ramage · hooking2 min
- 9:21 into the second periodGino Cavallini · roughing2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodReed Larson · hooking2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodCam Neely · fighting5 min
- 13:48 into the second periodRob Ramage · fighting5 min
- 16:25 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · holding2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodBill Ranford · delaying game2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodMike Milbury · high sticking2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodRob Ramage · high sticking2 min
- 18:10 into the third periodPaul Boutilier · high sticking2 min
- 18:10 into the third periodPat Hughes · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Thomas GradinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32John CarterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 21 | 1 | .952 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 5 | 3 | .400 |
St. Louis Blues
| 12Ron FlockhartC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4Charlie BourgeoisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Ric NattressD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Doug EvansL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bruce BellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – |