Hartford Whalers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, March 31, 1991 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 7–3 on Sunday, March 31, 1991 at Boston Garden.
John Cullen scored twice and Ken Hodge scored twice. Glen Wesley, Bob Sweeney, Ken Hammond, Randy Burridge, Ray Bourque and Bobby Holik also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Kay Whitmore stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Glen Wesley (11)Cam Neely (39), Ray Bourque (71)0–102:23 BOS · 
Bob Sweeney (15)Petri Skriko (17)0–211:48 BOS
Ken Hammond (1)Bob Sweeney (33), Ken Hodge (29)0–312:36 BOS
Randy Burridge (15)Dave Christian (21), Garry Galley (21)0–418:24 BOS
2nd period
Ray Bourque (21)Cam Neely (40), Glen Wesley (32)0–510:00 BOS
Bobby Holik (21)John Cullen (71), Todd Richards (2)1–515:20 HFD · 
John Cullen (38)Brad Shaw (27), Todd Richards (3)2–516:06 HFD · - John Cullen (39)Brad Shaw (28), Todd Richards (4)3–517:57 HFD ·
3rd period
Ken Hodge (29)Ray Bourque (72), Petri Skriko (18)3–604:16 BOS · - Ken Hodge (30)Ray Bourque (73)3–719:32 BOS ·
Team stats
HFDBOS
2929
0%0%
3/133/9
11892
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:29 into the first period
Dean Evason · high sticking2 min - 1:46 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · hooking2 min
- 3:39 into the first period
Ron Hoover · roughing2 min - 3:39 into the first periodDoug Houda · roughing2 min
- 3:39 into the first periodPat Verbeek · misconduct10 min
- 6:23 into the first periodBob Sweeney · high sticking2 min
- 12:53 into the first periodChris Nilan · holding2 min
- 14:35 into the first periodGlen Wesley · cross checking2 min
- 16:25 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · elbowing2 min
- 16:52 into the first periodRay Bourque · interference2 min
- 19:10 into the first periodPat Verbeek · holding2 min
- 19:10 into the first periodPat Verbeek · misconduct10 min
- 3:39 into the second periodDoug Houda · holding2 min
- 4:07 into the second periodCam Neely · tripping2 min
- 5:40 into the second periodNevin Markwart · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:40 into the second periodTodd Krygier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 10:04 into the second periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 11:17 into the second periodPetri Skriko · fighting5 min
- 11:17 into the second periodBob Sweeney · roughing2 min
- 11:17 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:17 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · fighting5 min
- 11:17 into the second periodDean Evason · roughing2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodCam Neely · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodDoug Houda · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodKen Hammond · roughing2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodBrian Chapman · misconduct10 min
- 13:41 into the second periodBrian Chapman · game misconduct10 min
- 13:57 into the second periodRon Hoover · slashing2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodBench · delaying game2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodChris Nilan · elbowing2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
- 15:36 into the second periodDoug Houda · roughing2 min
- 16:35 into the second periodJeff Lazaro · hooking2 min
- 17:35 into the second periodGarry Galley · elbowing2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodNevin Markwart · roughing2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodStephane Quintal · instigator2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 3:08 into the third periodStephane Quintal · misconduct10 min
- 3:08 into the third periodRob Brown · high sticking2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodPaul Cyr · roughing2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodPaul Cyr · fighting5 min
- 3:08 into the third periodPaul Cyr · misconduct10 min
- 3:53 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · slashing2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodChris Nilan · elbowing2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodChris Nilan · instigator2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodChris Nilan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 13:08 into the third periodChris Nilan · game misconduct10 min
- 13:08 into the third periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 19:13 into the third periodJim McKenzie · instigator2 min
- 19:13 into the third periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 19:13 into the third periodJim McKenzie · game misconduct10 min
- 19:13 into the third periodTodd Richards · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 15John CullenC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 46Todd RichardsD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 24Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Terry YakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 42Brian ChapmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Kay WhitmoreG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
Boston Bruins
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ken HodgeC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 55Ken HammondD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Jeff LazaroL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron HooverL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 43Bob BeersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |