Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 on Saturday, December 26, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 31–25.
Goals came from Cam Neely, Pat LaFontaine and Ken Leiter.
Billy Smith made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Cam Neely (17)Rick Middleton (13), Bob Sweeney (4)1–006:50 BOS
Pat LaFontaine (21)Alan Kerr (18), Brad Lauer (8)1–113:56 NYI ·
3rd period
Ken Leiter (3)Mikko Makela (18), Bryan Trottier (25)1–210:14 NYI
Team stats
BOSNYI
3125
0%0%
0/51/5
2121
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:12 into the first period
Willi Plett · roughing2 min - 7:12 into the first period
Brian Curran · roughing2 min - 7:12 into the first periodBrian Curran · roughing2 min
- 9:30 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · interference2 min
- 12:05 into the first periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 15:53 into the first periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 15:53 into the first periodBrian Curran · fighting5 min
- 18:37 into the first periodCam Neely · high sticking2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodBrian Curran · holding2 min
- 12:28 into the second periodKen Leiter · tripping2 min
- 13:24 into the second periodKeith Crowder · high sticking2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · roughing2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · roughing2 min
- 12:58 into the third periodKen Linseman · boarding2 min
- 17:06 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |