Minnesota North Stars vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, March 19, 1987 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–2 on Thursday, March 19, 1987 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the North Stars 40–37.
Charlie Simmer scored twice. Cam Neely, Brian Lawton, Keith Crowder, Frank Simonetti, Tom McCarthy and Paul Boutilier also scored.
Doug Keans made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 34 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Cam Neely (32)Charlie Simmer (37), Michael Thelven (14)0–112:18 BOS · 
Brian Lawton (20)Willi Plett (5), Dennis Maruk (29)1–116:51 MNS
2nd period
Keith Crowder (20)Ken Linseman (29), Doug Keans (2)1–202:01 BOS
Charlie Simmer (26)Ken Linseman (30), Ray Bourque (66)1–313:33 BOS- Charlie Simmer (27)Mike Milbury (15), Ray Bourque (67)1–418:31 BOS
3rd period
Frank Simonetti (1)Unassisted1–509:10 BOS
Tom McCarthy (25)Greg Johnston (12), Wade Campbell (3)1–609:56 BOS
Paul Boutilier (7)Dennis Maruk (30), Brian Lawton (21)2–615:16 MNS
Team stats
MNSBOS
3740
0%0%
0/51/2
612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:30 into the first period
Jay Miller · tripping2 min - 11:02 into the first period
Brian MacLellan · interference2 min - 2:49 into the second periodRay Bourque · holding2 min
- 11:26 into the second periodBrian MacLellan · hooking2 min
- 2:29 into the third periodFrank Simonetti · hooking2 min
- 11:05 into the third periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 11:05 into the third periodBrian Lawton · roughing2 min
- 11:36 into the third periodKen Linseman · holding2 min
- 13:15 into the third periodWade Campbell · cross checking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 8Brian LawtonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Paul BoutilierD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 15Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 40 | 6 | .850 |
Boston Bruins
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Wade CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |