Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 27, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Sunday, December 27, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 28-23.
Walt Poddubny scored twice. Tomas Sandstrom, Geoff Courtnall and John Ogrodnick also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Sandstrom (11)Walt Poddubny (22), James Patrick (29)0–100:13 NYR
Walt Poddubny (21)Mark Tinordi (1), Jan Erixon (4)0–209:08 NYR
2nd period
- Walt Poddubny (22)Tomas Sandstrom (19), Jan Erixon (5)0–312:46 NYR
Geoff Courtnall (19)Ken Linseman (23), Glen Wesley (16)1–313:04 BOS
3rd period
John Ogrodnick (13)David Shaw (15), Kelly Kisio (26)1–409:11 NYR
Team stats
BOSNYR
28Shots on goal23
0%Faceoff %0%
0/4Power play0/5
28Penalty minutes16
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:53
Walt Poddubny · holding2 min - 1st 04:43
Glen Wesley · tripping2 min - 1st 12:46Lucien DeBlois · tripping2 min
- 1st 18:43Ken Linseman · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:43Kelly Kisio · roughing2 min
- 2nd 02:01Reed Larson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:34Billy O'Dwyer · slashing2 min
- 2nd 03:34Brian Mullen · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:53Michel Petit · holding2 min
- 2nd 13:38Ken Linseman · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:38Kelly Kisio · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:38Kelly Kisio · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:50Allen Pedersen · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:40Rick Middleton · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:40Ulf Dahlen · holding2 min
- 3rd 07:07Ken Linseman · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:29Bench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 11:29Bench · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Mark TinordiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Steve NemethC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 28 | 27 | 1 | .964 | 60:00 |