St. Louis Blues vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 1987 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins 7–5 on Saturday, December 19, 1987 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Blues 38–25.
Jay Miller scored twice and Doug Gilmour scored twice. Geoff Courtnall, Perry Turnbull, Mark Hunter, Tim Bothwell, Keith Crowder, Tony McKegney, Gino Cavallini and Ken Linseman also scored.
Greg Millen made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Jay Miller (3)Willi Plett (2), Billy O'Dwyer (1)0–102:36 BOS
Geoff Courtnall (16)Reed Larson (12), Ray Bourque (29)0–206:53 BOS- Jay Miller (4)Glen Wesley (15)0–307:09 BOS
Perry Turnbull (3)Doug Gilmour (20), Rob Ramage (14)1–308:30 STL
2nd period
Mark Hunter (14)Perry Turnbull (2), Bernie Federko (30)2–308:20 STL
Doug Gilmour (14)Unassisted3–310:45 STL · 
Tim Bothwell (2)Doug Gilmour (21), Mark Hunter (13)4–314:35 STL
3rd period
Keith Crowder (11)Ray Bourque (30), Ken Linseman (20)4–403:56 BOS · 
Tony McKegney (12)Rob Ramage (15), Tim Bothwell (6)5–404:54 STL
Gino Cavallini (5)Herb Raglan (2), Rick Meagher (7)6–419:18 STL · 
Ken Linseman (9)Jay Miller (6), Cam Neely (9)6–519:50 BOS- Doug Gilmour (15)Unassisted7–519:52 STL ·
Team stats
STLBOS
2538
0%0%
0/41/8
3224
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:44 into the first period
Paul Cavallini · hooking2 min - 7:29 into the first period
Lyndon Byers · instigator2 min - 7:29 into the first periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 7:29 into the first periodPaul Cavallini · slashing2 min
- 7:29 into the first periodPaul Cavallini · fighting5 min
- 10:12 into the first periodTony McKegney · holding2 min
- 11:28 into the first periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 14:20 into the first periodBrian Benning · hooking2 min
- 1:30 into the second periodLyndon Byers · elbowing2 min
- 3:31 into the second periodBilly O'Dwyer · tripping2 min
- 5:12 into the second periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 9:13 into the second periodRandy Burridge · fighting5 min
- 9:13 into the second periodHerb Raglan · fighting5 min
- 9:13 into the second periodPerry Turnbull · slashing2 min
- 12:08 into the second periodMark Hunter · holding2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodRob Ramage · roughing2 min
- 16:06 into the second periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 3:27 into the third periodMark Hunter · holding2 min
- 9:37 into the third periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 16:48 into the third periodBench · delaying game2 min
- 16:48 into the third periodPaul Cavallini · slashing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 9Doug GilmourC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 19Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Doug EvansL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 29Jay MillerL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 7 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |