Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, November 16, 1991 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 in overtime on Saturday, November 16, 1991 at Hartford Civic Center. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 29–27.
Vladimir Ruzicka scored twice. Pat Verbeek, Stephen Leach, Craig Janney, Mark Hunter, Bobby Holik, Murray Craven and Ray Bourque also scored.
Andy Moog made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped 17 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Ruzicka (10)Stephen Leach (7), Jim Wiemer (1)1–002:55 BOS- Vladimir Ruzicka (11)Garry Galley (5), Andy Brickley (12)2–012:13 BOS ·
Pat Verbeek (5)Rob Brown (9), Brad Shaw (10)2–116:40 HFD ·
2nd period
Stephen Leach (9)Andy Brickley (13)3–102:33 BOS
Craig Janney (4)Stephane Quintal (3), Bobby Carpenter (8)4–106:34 BOS · 
Mark Hunter (5)Andrew Cassels (6)4–216:17 HFD
Bobby Holik (2)Murray Craven (4), Mikael Andersson (7)4–317:06 HFD
3rd period
Murray Craven (4)Mark Hunter (3), Marc Bergevin (4)4–404:56 HFD ·
Overtime
Ray Bourque (8)Craig Janney (16)5–401:39 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSHFD
2927
0%0%
3/92/6
1420
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:57 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 6:21 into the first period
Zarley Zalapski · holding2 min - 10:24 into the first periodMikael Andersson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 14:54 into the first periodStephen Leach · interference2 min
- 4:01 into the second periodZarley Zalapski · holding2 min
- 4:01 into the second periodZarley Zalapski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodNevin Markwart · hooking2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodMurray Craven · holding2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodBob Sweeney · roughing2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · roughing2 min
- 19:15 into the second periodRob Brown · charging2 min
- 4:45 into the third periodDon Sweeney · cross checking2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · holding2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodBob Sweeney · hooking2 min
- 10:00 into the third periodPat Verbeek · slashing2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodBrent Ashton · hooking2 min
- 0:51 into overtimePat Verbeek · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 23Craig JanneyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir RuzickaC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Jim WiemerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Ralph BarahonaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Chris WinnesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 49Shayne StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Matt DelguidiceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
Hartford Whalers
| 12Murray CravenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mark HunterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Marc BergevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mark GreigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Joseph DayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | L | 18 | 1 | .944 |
| 35Kay WhitmoreG | 11 | 4 | .636 |