Boston Bruins vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Tuesday, March 31, 1987 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Quebec Nordiques 4–3 on Tuesday, March 31, 1987 at Le Colisée.
Goals came from Rick Middleton, Dwight Foster, Anton Stastny, Jeff Brown, Tom McCarthy, Nevin Markwart and Basil Mcrae.
Bill Ranford made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Middleton (31)Cam Neely (33), Tom McCarthy (29)1–006:43 BOS · 
Dwight Foster (4)Ken Linseman (33), Geoff Courtnall (23)2–010:20 BOS
2nd period
Anton Stastny (26)Randy Moller (9), Dale Hunter (25)2–105:36 QUE
Jeff Brown (6)Unassisted2–209:15 QUE ·
3rd period
Tom McCarthy (29)Rick Middleton (36), Cam Neely (34)3–204:08 BOS
Nevin Markwart (10)Steve Kasper (29), Dwight Foster (12)4–204:41 BOS
Basil Mcrae (10)Paul Gillis (25), Robert Picard (20)4–312:40 QUE
Team stats
BOSQUE
3131
0%0%
1/31/2
1113
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:46 into the first period
Paul Gillis · interference2 min - 5:36 into the second period
Wade Campbell · fighting5 min - 5:36 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 7:46 into the second periodAllen Pedersen · holding2 min
- 9:32 into the second periodFrank Simonetti · hooking2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodRandy Moller · holding2 min
- 19:15 into the second periodRobert Picard · holding2 min
- 8:20 into the third periodNevin Markwart · roughing2 min
- 8:20 into the third periodGord Donnelly · roughing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 38Wade CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 40Alain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Quebec Nordiques
| 17Basil McraeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |