Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 11, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Wednesday, March 11, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 30–26.
Goals came from Rick Middleton, Kelly Kisio, Tomas Sandstrom, Jan Erixon and Ray Bourque.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Middleton (23)Michael Thelven (12)1–006:37 BOS
2nd period
Kelly Kisio (23)Willie Huber (20), Ron Duguay (18)1–104:03 NYR · 
Tomas Sandstrom (34)Pat Price (7)1–213:22 NYR
3rd period
Jan Erixon (8)Walt Poddubny (41), Tomas Sandstrom (29)1–307:20 NYR
Ray Bourque (16)Ken Linseman (27), Keith Crowder (24)2–311:49 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYR
3026
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:37 into the first period
Jeff Jackson · holding2 min - 8:35 into the first period
Wade Campbell · holding2 min - 11:16 into the first periodPat Price · holding2 min
- 3:13 into the second periodWade Campbell · slashing2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodDon Maloney · cross checking2 min
- 4:45 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Wade CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 47Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |