Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1987 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Saturday, January 17, 1987 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Penguins 31–27.
Goals came from Dan Quinn, Dan Frawley, Thomas Gradin, Steve Kasper, Tom McCarthy and Nevin Markwart.
Bill Ranford made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
2nd period
Dan Quinn (16)Terry Ruskowski (27), Moe Mantha (22)1–014:55 PIT · 
Dan Frawley (3)Ville Siren (14)2–017:19 PIT
Thomas Gradin (7)Geoff Courtnall (20), Cam Neely (15)2–119:54 BOS
3rd period
Steve Kasper (8)Ray Bourque (35), Greg Johnston (6)2–203:43 BOS
Tom McCarthy (20)Ray Bourque (36), Charlie Simmer (28)2–309:32 BOS
Nevin Markwart (5)Ray Bourque (37)2–418:56 BOS
Team stats
PITBOS
2731
0%0%
1/30/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:06 into the first period
Cam Neely · holding2 min - 9:47 into the first period
Phil Bourque · tripping2 min - 3:20 into the second periodMats Thelin · roughing2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodCraig Simpson · roughing2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodRod Buskas · holding2 min
- 13:53 into the second periodSteve Kasper · tripping2 min
- 14:24 into the third periodMike Milbury · hooking2 min
- 16:27 into the third periodJim Johnson · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dan QuinnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22James McGeoughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
Boston Bruins
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |