Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 5–3 on Wednesday, December 2, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 23–20.
Ken Linseman scored twice. Randy Burridge, Billy O'Dwyer, Sylvain Turgeon, Keith Crowder, Dave Babych and Scot Kleinendorst also scored.
Doug Keans made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Burridge (12)Gord Kluzak (13), Ray Bourque (22)1–011:10 BOS
2nd period
Billy O'Dwyer (2)Unassisted2–002:07 BOS
Sylvain Turgeon (9)Kevin Dineen (9)2–109:33 HFD
Keith Crowder (6)Ken Linseman (13), Jay Miller (3)3–110:23 BOS
Ken Linseman (6)Ray Bourque (23), Randy Burridge (9)4–113:14 BOS · 
Dave Babych (5)Ray Ferraro (10)4–214:09 HFD
3rd period
Scot Kleinendorst (2)Dean Evason (7), Ulf Samuelsson (3)4–308:04 HFD- Ken Linseman (7)Ray Bourque (24), Cam Neely (6)5–315:01 BOS
Team stats
BOSHFD
2320
0%0%
1/60/5
2426
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:15 into the first period
Cam Neely · fighting5 min - 0:15 into the first period
Scot Kleinendorst · fighting5 min - 2:24 into the first periodKen Linseman · holding2 min
- 3:14 into the first periodDave Babych · hooking2 min
- 5:58 into the first periodAllen Pedersen · roughing2 min
- 5:58 into the first periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 7:04 into the first periodFrank Simonetti · interference2 min
- 19:10 into the first periodJohn Carter · holding2 min
- 4:07 into the second periodStew Gavin · hooking2 min
- 11:38 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 14:35 into the second periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 1:33 into the third periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · cross checking2 min
- 2:17 into the third periodSteve Kasper · hooking2 min
- 3:13 into the third periodRon Francis · hooking2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodAllen Pedersen · hooking2 min
- 13:00 into the third periodRon Francis · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32John CarterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 1 | 1 | .000 |