1986–87 Boston Bruins season

1986–87 Boston Bruins
Division	3rd Adams
1986–87 record	39–34–7
Goals for	301
Goals against	276
Team information
General Manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Butch Goring
Captain	Ray Bourque and Rick Middleton
Team leaders
<1985–86	1987–88>

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Hartford Whalers	80	43	30	7	287	270	93
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	29	10	277	241	92
Boston Bruins	80	39	34	7	301	276	85
Quebec Nordiques	80	31	39	10	267	276	72
Buffalo Sabres	80	28	44	8	280	308	64

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 9, 1986	3–5	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	0–1–0
2	L	October 11, 1986	4–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	0–2–0
3	W	October 12, 1986	7–2	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	1–2–0
4	W	October 14, 1986	2–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	2–2–0
5	W	October 16, 1986	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	3–2–0
6	W	October 18, 1986	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	4–2–0
7	L	October 22, 1986	1–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	4–3–0
8	L	October 24, 1986	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	4–4–0
9	W	October 26, 1986	6–0	@ Calgary Flames (1986–87)	5–4–0
10	T	October 30, 1986	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	5–4–1
11	L	November 1, 1986	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	5–5–1
12	L	November 2, 1986	1–7	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	5–6–1
13	L	November 5, 1986	3–8	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	5–7–1
14	W	November 8, 1986	5–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	6–7–1
15	L	November 12, 1986	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	6–8–1
16	W	November 13, 1986	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	7–8–1
17	T	November 15, 1986	5–5 OT	New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	7–8–2
18	L	November 17, 1986	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	7–9–2
19	T	November 19, 1986	4–4 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	7–9–3
20	L	November 20, 1986	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	7–10–3
21	W	November 22, 1986	6–5	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	8–10–3
22	W	November 24, 1986	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	9–10–3
23	T	November 26, 1986	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	9–10–4
24	L	November 28, 1986	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	9–11–4
25	W	November 29, 1986	6–2	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	10–11–4
26	W	December 4, 1986	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	11–11–4
27	W	December 6, 1986	5–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	12–11–4
28	W	December 7, 1986	3–1	New York Islanders (1986–87)	13–11–4
29	W	December 11, 1986	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	14–11–4
30	W	December 13, 1986	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	15–11–4
31	W	December 14, 1986	6–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	16–11–4
32	L	December 18, 1986	5–6	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	16–12–4
33	L	December 20, 1986	2–6	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	16–13–4
34	L	December 23, 1986	0–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	16–14–4
35	L	December 27, 1986	1–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	16–15–4
36	L	December 30, 1986	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	16–16–4
37	W	January 2, 1987	7–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1986–87)	17–16–4
38	W	January 3, 1987	5–4	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	18–16–4
39	L	January 5, 1987	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	18–17–4
40	T	January 8, 1987	4–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	18–17–5
41	L	January 10, 1987	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87)	18–18–5
42	W	January 12, 1987	4–1	New York Rangers (1986–87)	19–18–5
43	L	January 14, 1987	1–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	19–19–5
44	W	January 15, 1987	6–4	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	20–19–5
45	W	January 17, 1987	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	21–19–5
46	W	January 20, 1987	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	22–19–5
47	W	January 22, 1987	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	23–19–5
48	W	January 24, 1987	5–3	Calgary Flames (1986–87)	24–19–5
49	W	January 26, 1987	6–2	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	25–19–5
50	L	January 29, 1987	3–6	Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	25–20–5
51	W	January 31, 1987	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	26–20–5
52	L	February 1, 1987	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	26–21–5
53	W	February 5, 1987	6–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87)	27–21–5
54	W	February 7, 1987	8–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	28–21–5
55	L	February 8, 1987	1–2	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	28–22–5
56	L	February 14, 1987	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87)	28–23–5
57	L	February 16, 1987	3–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	28–24–5
58	L	February 18, 1987	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	28–25–5
59	L	February 20, 1987	2–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87)	28–26–5
60	W	February 21, 1987	1–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	29–26–5
61	L	February 25, 1987	4–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	29–27–5
62	W	February 26, 1987	6–2	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	30–27–5
63	W	February 28, 1987	5–1	Buffalo Sabres (1986–87)	31–27–5
64	L	March 2, 1987	3–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	31–28–5
65	T	March 3, 1987	4–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1986–87)	31–28–6
66	L	March 5, 1987	2–10	@ Hartford Whalers (1986–87)	31–29–6
67	W	March 7, 1987	3–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1986–87)	32–29–6
68	L	March 11, 1987	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1986–87)	32–30–6
69	W	March 12, 1987	6–4	St. Louis Blues (1986–87)	33–30–6
70	T	March 14, 1987	4–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	33–30–7
71	L	March 17, 1987	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87)	33–31–7
72	W	March 19, 1987	6–2	Minnesota North Stars (1986–87)	34–31–7
73	W	March 21, 1987	8–6	Los Angeles Kings (1986–87)	35–31–7
74	L	March 22, 1987	3–4	@ Washington Capitals (1986–87)	35–32–7
75	W	March 26, 1987	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1986–87)	36–32–7
76	W	March 28, 1987	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1986–87)	37–32–7
77	W	March 29, 1987	8–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87)	38–32–7
78	W	March 31, 1987	4–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	39–32–7
79	L	April 4, 1987	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87)	39–33–7
80	L	April 5, 1987	4–6	Quebec Nordiques (1986–87)	39–34–7

Playoffs

Adams Division Semifinals

Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 0

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 8	Boston Bruins	2–6	Montreal Canadiens	0–1
2	April 9	Boston Bruins	3–4 (OT)	Montreal Canadiens	0–2
3	April 11	Montreal Canadiens	5–4	Boston Bruins	0–3
4	April 12	Montreal Canadiens	4–2	Boston Bruins	0–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bourque, RayRay Bourque	D	78	23	72	95	36	44	6	1	3
Neely, CamCam Neely	RW	75	36	36	72	143	23	7	0	3
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer	LW	80	29	40	69	59	20	11	0	4
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	76	31	37	68	6	7	4	4	3
McCarthy, TomTom McCarthy	LW	68	30	29	59	31	10	7	0	6
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder	RW	58	22	30	52	106	20	4	0	5
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper	C	79	20	30	50	51	-4	4	2	2
Linseman, KenKen Linseman	C	64	15	34	49	126	15	3	0	3
Gradin, ThomasThomas Gradin	C	64	12	31	43	18	4	2	3	3
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall	LW	65	13	23	36	117	-4	2	0	1
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	66	12	24	36	95	9	9	0	1
Johnston, GregGreg Johnston	RW	76	12	15	27	79	-7	0	0	1
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	68	6	16	22	96	22	0	1	1
Thelven, MichaelMichael Thelven	D	34	5	15	20	18	-2	3	0	0
Markwart, NevinNevin Markwart	LW	64	10	9	19	225	-6	0	0	2
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	47	4	12	16	37	1	0	1	0
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier	D	52	5	9	14	84	-2	1	1	0
Pedersen, AllenAllen Pedersen	D	79	1	11	12	71	-15	0	0	0
Nienhuis, KraigKraig Nienhuis	LW	16	4	2	6	2	-5	2	0	0
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	12	3	3	6	0	-1	0	0	0
Sweeney, BobBob Sweeney	C/RW	14	2	4	6	21	-5	0	0	0
Byers, LyndonLyndon Byers	RW	18	2	3	5	53	-1	0	0	0
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge	LW	23	1	4	5	16	-6	0	0	1
Miller, JayJay Miller	LW	55	1	4	5	208	-11	0	0	0
Thelin, MatsMats Thelin	D	59	1	3	4	69	-8	0	0	0
Campbell, WadeWade Campbell	D	14	0	3	3	24	-1	0	0	0
Keans, DougDoug Keans	G	36	0	2	2	24	0	0	0	0
Simonetti, FrankFrank Simonetti	D	25	1	0	1	17	-6	0	0	0
Carter, JohnJohn Carter	LW	8	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	G	41	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Cote, AlainAlain Cote	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Daskalakis, CleonCleon Daskalakis	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riggin, PatPat Riggin	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romano, RobertoRoberto Romano	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Keans, DougDoug Keans	1942	36	18	8	4	108	3.34	0	909	801	.881
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	2234	41	16	20	2	124	3.33	3	1137	1013	.891
Riggin, PatPat Riggin	513	10	3	5	1	29	3.39	0	236	207	.877
Daskalakis, CleonCleon Daskalakis	97	2	2	0	0	7	4.33	0	51	44	.863
Romano, RobertoRoberto Romano	60	1	0	1	0	6	6.00	0	34	28	.824
Team:	4846	80	39	34	7	274	3.39	3	2367	2093	.884

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Neely, CamCam Neely	RW	4	5	1	6	8	-1	3	0	0
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	4	2	2	4	0	-1	1	1	0
Gradin, ThomasThomas Gradin	C	4	0	4	4	0	-1	0	0	0
Bourque, RayRay Bourque	D	4	1	2	3	0	-1	0	0	0
Linseman, KenKen Linseman	C	4	1	1	2	22	-2	0	0	0
McCarthy, TomTom McCarthy	LW	4	1	1	2	4	-4	1	0	0
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper	C	3	0	2	2	0	-4	0	0	0
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	4	0	2	2	2	-6	0	0	0
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge	LW	2	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder	RW	4	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Byers, LyndonLyndon Byers	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Campbell, WadeWade Campbell	D	4	0	0	0	11	-2	0	0	0
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Foster, DwightDwight Foster	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Johnston, GregGreg Johnston	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Keans, DougDoug Keans	G	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Markwart, NevinNevin Markwart	LW	4	0	0	0	9	-3	0	0	0
Milbury, MikeMike Milbury	D	4	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Pedersen, AllenAllen Pedersen	D	4	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0	0
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer	LW	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Simonetti, FrankFrank Simonetti	D	4	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Sweeney, BobBob Sweeney	C/RW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Keans, DougDoug Keans	120	2	0	2	11	5.50	0	58	47	.810
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	123	2	0	2	8	3.90	0	55	47	.855
Team:	243	4	0	4	19	4.69	0	113	94	.832

^[2]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

• 1986–87 NHL season

References

• "1986–87 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1987_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

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