Hartford Whalers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1991 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Thursday, December 26, 1991 at Boston Garden. The Whalers outshot the Bruins 32–26.
Goals came from Vladimir Ruzicka, Pat Verbeek, Ray Bourque, Adam Burt and Stephen Leach.
Rejean Lemelin made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Kay Whitmore stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
2nd period
Vladimir Ruzicka (17)Unassisted0–101:26 BOS
Pat Verbeek (10)John Cullen (27)1–112:15 HFD · 
Ray Bourque (12)Bob Sweeney (8), Ken Hodge (4)1–219:35 BOS ·
3rd period
Adam Burt (5)Pat Verbeek (19), John Cullen (28)2–203:09 HFD · 
Stephen Leach (16)Ken Hodge (5), Vladimir Ruzicka (15)2–319:26 BOS ·
Team stats
HFDBOS
3226
0%0%
2/61/6
1616
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · interference2 min - 5:36 into the first period
Jim Wiemer · tripping2 min - 9:38 into the first periodMikael Andersson · high sticking2 min
- 9:38 into the first periodMikael Andersson · high sticking2 min
- 14:06 into the first periodScott Arniel · hooking2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodGarry Galley · interference2 min
- 2:20 into the second periodChris Nilan · slashing2 min
- 2:20 into the second periodRob Brown · hooking2 min
- 12:03 into the second periodGlen Wesley · roughing2 min
- 15:25 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · delaying game2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodBarry Pederson · interference2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodJim Wiemer · tripping2 min
- 2:17 into the third periodGarry Galley · elbowing2 min
- 3:49 into the third periodZarley Zalapski · holding2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodRob Brown · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 13Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 25Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 45John StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Kay WhitmoreG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
Boston Bruins
| 10Ken HodgeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir RuzickaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 12Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Peter DourisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Louis CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |