Boston Bruins vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 1987 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins 3–1 on Tuesday, March 17, 1987 at Joe Louis Arena. The Bruins outshot the Red Wings 25–24.
Shawn Burr scored twice. Tim Higgins and Rick Middleton also scored.
Greg Stefan made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Higgins (12)Petr Klima (19), Shawn Burr (23)0–103:30 DET
2nd period
Rick Middleton (26)Thomas Gradin (26), Cam Neely (28)1–114:09 BOS
3rd period
Shawn Burr (19)Gilbert Delorme (3)1–207:01 DET- Shawn Burr (20)Tim Higgins (14), Petr Klima (20)1–316:20 DET
Team stats
BOSDET
2524
0%0%
0/10/1
77
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:58 into the second period
Rick Zombo · holding2 min - 10:12 into the second period
Keith Crowder · fighting5 min - 10:12 into the second periodMel Bridgman · fighting5 min
- 16:09 into the second periodMichael Thelven · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Wade CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Shawn BurrL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |