Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 14, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Boston Bruins 3–1 on Wednesday, January 14, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Bruins 33–26.
Goals came from Ron Francis, John Anderson, Kevin Dineen and Mike Milbury.
Mike Liut made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Ron Francis (14)John Anderson (22), Dana Murzyn (7)0–102:05 HFD
John Anderson (13)Ron Francis (29), Kevin Dineen (17)0–214:10 HFD
3rd period
Kevin Dineen (20)John Anderson (23), Dean Evason (21)0–303:12 HFD · 
Mike Milbury (4)Thomas Gradin (15), Cam Neely (13)1–315:21 BOS
Team stats
BOSHFD
2633
0%0%
0/31/6
1812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:39 into the first period
Nevin Markwart · roughing2 min - 6:39 into the first period
Dana Murzyn · roughing2 min - 6:39 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 9:31 into the first periodNevin Markwart · roughing double minor4 min
- 9:31 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 6:30 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · hooking2 min
- 10:19 into the second periodWayne Babych · tripping2 min
- 15:44 into the second periodJay Miller · holding2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodReed Larson · cross checking2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodReed Larson · high sticking2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 2:04 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:38 into the third periodDana Murzyn · holding2 min
- 18:25 into the third periodMike Milbury · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Hartford Whalers
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |