Boston Bruins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, January 2, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 7–2 on Friday, January 2, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Bruins outshot the Devils 42–23.
Rick Middleton scored twice. Lyndon Byers, Nevin Markwart, Reed Larson, Andy Brickley, Mark Johnson, Greg Johnston and Charlie Simmer also scored.
Bill Ranford made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Lyndon Byers (1)John Carter (1), Jay Miller (1)1–006:42 BOS
Rick Middleton (9)Allen Pedersen (5)2–007:25 BOS
Nevin Markwart (3)Ray Bourque (24)3–017:04 BOS- Rick Middleton (10)Tom McCarthy (12), Ray Bourque (25)4–019:54 BOS ·
2nd period
Reed Larson (8)Unassisted5–004:53 BOS · 
Andy Brickley (5)Doug Sulliman (11), Timo Blomqvist (1)5–111:43 NJD
Mark Johnson (9)Pat Verbeek (15), Randy Velischek (7)5–215:03 NJD
3rd period
Greg Johnston (6)Nevin Markwart (4), Steve Kasper (8)6–206:35 BOS
Charlie Simmer (11)Tom McCarthy (13), Ray Bourque (26)7–217:40 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSNJD
4223
0%0%
3/60/4
1317
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:38 into the first period
Geoff Courtnall · interference2 min - 8:30 into the first period
Steve Richmond · holding2 min - 11:15 into the first periodMats Thelin · slashing2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · interference2 min
- 3:08 into the second periodRandy Velischek · hooking2 min
- 16:21 into the second periodSteve Richmond · high sticking2 min
- 0:34 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · fighting5 min
- 0:34 into the third periodJan Ludvig · fighting5 min
- 2:37 into the third periodRay Bourque · high sticking2 min
- 15:18 into the third periodThomas Gradin · hooking2 min
- 16:16 into the third periodAaron Broten · interference2 min
- 18:11 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32John CarterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Lyndon ByersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |
| 32Kirk McLeanG | 21 | 2 | .905 |