Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Thursday, December 31, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 21-17.
Goals came from Geoff Courtnall and Cam Neely.
Rejean Lemelin made 17 saves on 17 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Geoff Courtnall (21)Ken Linseman (24), Cam Neely (12)1–003:35 BOS · PPG
Cam Neely (19)Ken Linseman (25)2–011:15 BOS
Team stats
BOSBUF
21Shots on goal17
0%Faceoff %0%
1/5Power play0/5
32Penalty minutes30
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:21
Tom Barrasso · delaying game2 min - 1st 06:50
Jay Miller · fighting5 min - 1st 06:50Kevin Maguire · fighting5 min
- 1st 08:09Ken Linseman · roughing2 min
- 1st 08:09Christian Ruuttu · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:10Willi Plett · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:10Bob Sweeney · fighting5 min
- 1st 12:10Bob Halkidis · fighting5 min
- 1st 12:10Ken Priestlay · roughing2 min
- 1st 13:08Phil Housley · holding2 min
- 1st 16:43Ken Linseman · holding2 min
- 1st 18:26Christian Ruuttu · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 01:59Ken Linseman · tripping2 min
- 2nd 04:43Allen Pedersen · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:43Kevin Maguire · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:32Jay Miller · roughing2 min
- 2nd 05:32Uwe Krupp · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 08:29Gord Kluzak · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 19:41Ray Bourque · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:56Mike Donnelly · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:48Glen Wesley · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:40Scott Arniel · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:20Gord Kluzak · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:20Mike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Steve Kasper · broken stick2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Jody GageR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 58:51 |