Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 8, 1987 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 6–2 on Wednesday, April 8, 1987 at Montreal Forum. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 33–28.
Goals came from Larry Robinson, Guy Carbonneau, Stephane Richer, Tom McCarthy, Mats Naslund, Ken Linseman, Kjell Dahlin and Chris Nilan.
Patrick Roy made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Robinson (1)Mats Naslund (1), Bobby Smith (1)0–104:37 MTL · 
Guy Carbonneau (1)Chris Chelios (1)0–204:56 MTL
Stephane Richer (1)Shayne Corson (1), Petr Svoboda (1)0–305:48 MTL
Tom McCarthy (1)Cam Neely (1), Thomas Gradin (1)1–308:19 BOS · 
Mats Naslund (1)Mike Mcphee (1), Guy Carbonneau (1)1–419:12 MTL
2nd period
Ken Linseman (1)Ray Bourque (1)2–402:25 BOS
Kjell Dahlin (1)Stephane Richer (1), Mats Naslund (2)2–518:27 MTL
Chris Nilan (1)Guy Carbonneau (2)2–619:16 MTL
Team stats
BOSMTL
3328
0%0%
1/51/1
3152
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:21 into the first period
Ken Linseman · cross checking2 min - 3:46 into the first periodDoug Keans · high sticking2 min
- 6:46 into the first period
Petr Svoboda · high sticking2 min - 12:37 into the first periodKeith Crowder · holding2 min
- 15:48 into the first periodCharlie Simmer · high sticking2 min
- 15:48 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 10:01 into the second periodLarry Robinson · cross checking2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodChris Nilan · high sticking2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodNevin Markwart · fighting5 min
- 18:01 into the second periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min
- 2:38 into the third periodKen Linseman · slashing2 min
- 3:32 into the third periodRyan Walter · holding2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodKen Linseman · misconduct10 min
- 9:35 into the third periodFrank Simonetti · roughing2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · roughing2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · misconduct10 min
- 9:35 into the third periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
- 9:35 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · fighting5 min
- 16:08 into the third periodCam Neely · slashing2 min
- 17:40 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · misconduct10 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 38Wade CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |