New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, January 12, 1987 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 4–1 on Monday, January 12, 1987 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 31–26.
Charlie Simmer scored twice. Walt Poddubny, Tom McCarthy and Ray Bourque also scored.
Doug Keans made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Simmer (14)Ray Bourque (32), Tom McCarthy (15)0–111:51 BOS ·
2nd period
- Charlie Simmer (15)Rick Middleton (14), Ray Bourque (33)0–214:56 BOS ·
3rd period
Walt Poddubny (23)Unassisted1–215:27 NYR
Tom McCarthy (18)Rick Middleton (15)1–317:40 BOS
Ray Bourque (12)Unassisted1–419:54 BOS ·
Team stats
NYRBOS
2631
0%0%
0/32/2
2618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:54 into the first period
Tomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min - 14:24 into the first period
Ray Bourque · cross checking2 min - 3:05 into the second periodJay Miller · roughing2 min
- 3:05 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · roughing2 min
- 11:26 into the second periodReed Larson · hooking2 min
- 14:02 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · tripping2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 18:04 into the second periodDon Jackson · fighting5 min
- 18:04 into the second periodLane Lambert · game misconduct10 min
- 2:35 into the third periodCam Neely · fighting5 min
- 2:35 into the third periodMike Milbury · hooking2 min
- 2:35 into the third periodTerry Carkner · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32John CarterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 34Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |