Boston Bruins vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Sunday, October 18, 1987 · Olympic Saddledome
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Calgary Flames 6–5 in overtime on Sunday, October 18, 1987 at Olympic Saddledome. The Bruins outshot the Flames 39–30.
Randy Burridge scored twice and Joe Nieuwendyk scored a hat trick. Steve Kasper, Mike Bullard, Colin Patterson, Ken Linseman, Cam Neely and Bob Sweeney also scored.
Doug Keans made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Vernon stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Burridge (5)Keith Crowder (4), Steve Kasper (5)1–003:50 BOS · 
Joe Nieuwendyk (3)Joe Mullen (3)1–111:18 CGY
Steve Kasper (2)Randy Burridge (2)2–112:52 BOS
Mike Bullard (2)Paul Reinhart (1), Al MacInnis (2)2–219:46 CGY ·
2nd period
- Randy Burridge (6)Unassisted3–204:14 BOS ·
Colin Patterson (1)Perry Berezan (1)3–305:57 CGY- Joe Nieuwendyk (4)Hakan Loob (4), Mike Bullard (4)3–410:12 CGY ·
- Joe Nieuwendyk (5)Mike Bullard (5), Al MacInnis (3)3–513:16 CGY ·
3rd period
Ken Linseman (1)Ray Bourque (6), Frank Simonetti (1)4–508:24 BOS
Cam Neely (6)Rick Middleton (4), Steve Kasper (6)5–518:06 BOS
Overtime
Bob Sweeney (4)Rick Middleton (5)6–502:27 BOS
Team stats
BOSCGY
3930
0%0%
1/53/4
2314
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:25 into the first period
Al MacInnis · hooking2 min - 2:56 into the first periodRic Nattress · tripping2 min
- 13:36 into the first periodColin Patterson · hooking2 min
- 18:58 into the first period
Glen Wesley · holding2 min - 3:02 into the second periodKeith Crowder · tripping2 min
- 9:23 into the second periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 12:51 into the second periodMichael Thelven · cross checking2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodPaul Reinhart · interference2 min
- 3:47 into the third periodRandy Burridge · spearing5 min
- 3:47 into the third periodRandy Burridge · game misconduct10 min
- 3:47 into the third periodTim Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 3:47 into the third periodTim Hunter · slashing2 min
- 7:45 into the third periodPerry Berezan · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Taylor HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 30 | 5 | .833 |
Calgary Flames
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Colin PattersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Hakan LoobR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Perry BerezanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike VernonG | L | 39 | 6 | .846 |
| 36Doug DadswellG | 0 | 0 | – |