Los Angeles Kings vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 10, 1987 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–3 on Thursday, December 10, 1987 at Boston Garden. The Kings outshot the Bruins 35–33.
Goals came from Bob Sweeney, Bobby Carpenter, Paul Fenton, Billy O'Dwyer, Lyndon Byers, Geoff Courtnall and Luc Robitaille.
Doug Keans made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Sweeney (12)Cam Neely (7), Glen Wesley (13)0–101:41 BOS
Bobby Carpenter (12)Paul Fenton (7)1–102:46 LAK · 
Paul Fenton (8)Steve Duchesne (15), Bernie Nicholls (18)2–119:01 LAK ·
2nd period
Billy O'Dwyer (3)Jay Miller (5), Cam Neely (8)2–203:10 BOS
Lyndon Byers (6)Steve Kasper (19), Randy Burridge (11)2–308:43 BOS
Geoff Courtnall (13)Glen Wesley (14), Keith Crowder (13)2–414:45 BOS
3rd period
Luc Robitaille (16)Dave Taylor (16)3–401:12 LAK
Team stats
LAKBOS
3533
0%0%
2/50/3
1519
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:42 into the first period
Keith Crowder · elbowing2 min - 3:26 into the first period
Mark Hardy · interference2 min - 9:09 into the first periodMichael Thelven · slashing2 min
- 9:38 into the first periodBob Bourne · tripping2 min
- 12:45 into the first periodKeith Crowder · high sticking2 min
- 17:35 into the first periodMichael Thelven · cross checking2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodKen Linseman · tripping2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodJay Wells · tripping2 min
- 11:42 into the third periodKen Linseman · interference2 min
- 11:42 into the third periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 16:01 into the third periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 16:01 into the third periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 18:52 into the third periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodPaul Fenton · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Paul FentonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 33Bob KudelskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |