Vancouver Canucks vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 1987 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, December 17, 1987 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Canucks 51–23.
Ray Bourque scored twice. John Leblanc, Petri Skriko and Ken Linseman also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 48 of 51.
Scoring
1st period
John Leblanc (4)Stan Smyl (19), Doug Wickenheiser (7)1–008:58 VAN
Petri Skriko (10)Jim Sandlak (1), Steve Tambellini (9)2–015:58 VAN ·
2nd period
Ray Bourque (5)Geoff Courtnall (10), Ken Linseman (19)2–113:02 BOS
3rd period
Ken Linseman (8)Reed Larson (11)2–217:13 BOS
Overtime
- Ray Bourque (6)Rick Middleton (10)2–302:16 BOS
Team stats
VANBOS
2351
0%0%
1/50/4
1217
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:31 into the first period
Billy O'Dwyer · roughing2 min - 3:31 into the first period
Jim Benning · high sticking2 min - 5:38 into the first periodJohn Leblanc · holding2 min
- 14:49 into the first periodFrank Simonetti · hooking2 min
- 15:29 into the first periodRandy Burridge · high sticking5 min
- 15:25 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodGarth Butcher · hooking2 min
- 0:51 into the third periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 0:51 into the third periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 1:12 into the third periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 9:15 into the third periodJohn Leblanc · tripping2 min
- 10:19 into the third periodKen Linseman · holding2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodGarth Butcher · interference2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28John LeblancR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dan WoodleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Jim AgnewD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Ian KiddD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 51 | 3 | .941 |
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 10 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |