Hartford Whalers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, January 15, 1987 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 6–4 on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 31–27.
Reed Larson scored twice. Greg Johnston, Dean Evason, Tom McCarthy, Dana Murzyn, Thomas Gradin, Ray Bourque, Dave Babych and Randy Ladouceur also scored.
Bill Ranford made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Johnston (8)Nevin Markwart (5), Steve Kasper (11)0–101:08 BOS
Dean Evason (11)Sylvain Turgeon (3), Ron Francis (30)1–108:41 HFD · 
Reed Larson (9)Tom McCarthy (16), Ray Bourque (34)1–217:45 BOS ·
2nd period
- Reed Larson (10)Tom McCarthy (17)1–305:32 BOS ·
Tom McCarthy (19)Allen Pedersen (8), Rick Middleton (16)1–412:05 BOS
Dana Murzyn (7)Ulf Samuelsson (18), John Anderson (24)2–413:42 HFD
Thomas Gradin (6)Geoff Courtnall (19), Cam Neely (14)2–514:45 BOS
3rd period
Ray Bourque (13)Dwight Foster (1), Mike Milbury (10)2–601:00 BOS
Dave Babych (7)Ron Francis (31), Ulf Samuelsson (19)3–604:26 HFD · 
Randy Ladouceur (4)Kevin Dineen (18), Dave Babych (22)4–616:06 HFD
Team stats
HFDBOS
2731
0%0%
2/62/6
4749
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:19 into the first period
Ray Ferraro · hooking2 min - 8:08 into the first period
Steve Kasper · hooking2 min - 9:26 into the first periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 10:23 into the first periodCharlie Simmer · high sticking2 min
- 10:23 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 12:29 into the first periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 12:29 into the first periodRandy Ladouceur · fighting5 min
- 17:10 into the first periodShane Churla · interference2 min
- 3:06 into the second periodNevin Markwart · hooking2 min
- 5:03 into the second periodDave Babych · hooking2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodJay Miller · roughing2 min
- 8:57 into the second periodCam Neely · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:57 into the second periodDana Murzyn · roughing2 min
- 0:12 into the third periodNevin Markwart · slashing2 min
- 0:12 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 1:43 into the third periodDoug Jarvis · tripping2 min
- 4:07 into the third periodReed Larson · tripping2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodLyndon Byers · misconduct10 min
- 6:24 into the third periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 6:24 into the third periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
- 6:24 into the third periodDave Semenko · misconduct10 min
- 7:00 into the third periodSteve Kasper · high sticking2 min
- 7:00 into the third periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 10:02 into the third periodFrank Simonetti · interference2 min
- 15:26 into the third periodJay Miller · roughing2 min
- 15:26 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · roughing2 min
- 19:53 into the third periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 19:53 into the third periodDave Semenko · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:53 into the third periodDave Semenko · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodNevin Markwart · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |