1986–87 Boston Bruins season

The 1986–87 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 63rd season.

Regular season Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||L||October 9, 1986||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||0–1–0

|2||L||October 11, 1986||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||0–2–0

|3||W||October 12, 1986||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||1–2–0

|4||W||October 14, 1986||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||2–2–0

|5||W||October 16, 1986||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) ||3–2–0

|6||W||October 18, 1986||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) ||4–2–0

|7||L||October 22, 1986||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||4–3–0

|8||L||October 24, 1986||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||4–4–0

|9||W||October 26, 1986||6–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||5–4–0

|10||T||October 30, 1986||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||5–4–1

|11||L||November 1, 1986||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||5–5–1

|12||L||November 2, 1986||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||5–6–1

|13||L||November 5, 1986||3–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||5–7–1

|14||W||November 8, 1986||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||6–7–1

|15||L||November 12, 1986||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||6–8–1

|16||W||November 13, 1986||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||7–8–1

|17||T||November 15, 1986||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||7–8–2

|18||L||November 17, 1986||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||7–9–2

|19||T||November 19, 1986||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||7–9–3

|20||L||November 20, 1986||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||7–10–3

|21||W||November 22, 1986||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1986–87) ||8–10–3

|22||W||November 24, 1986||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) ||9–10–3

|23||T||November 26, 1986||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1986–87) ||9–10–4

|24||L||November 28, 1986||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||9–11–4

|25||W||November 29, 1986||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||10–11–4

|26||W||December 4, 1986||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||11–11–4

|27||W||December 6, 1986||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||12–11–4

|28||W||December 7, 1986||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1986–87) ||13–11–4

|29||W||December 11, 1986||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||14–11–4

|30||W||December 13, 1986||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||15–11–4

|31||W||December 14, 1986||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||16–11–4

|32||L||December 18, 1986||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||16–12–4

|33||L||December 20, 1986||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) ||16–13–4

|34||L||December 23, 1986||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||16–14–4

|35||L||December 27, 1986||1–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) ||16–15–4

|36||L||December 30, 1986||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1986–87) ||16–16–4

|37||W||January 2, 1987||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1986–87) ||17–16–4

|38||W||January 3, 1987||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1986–87) ||18–16–4

|39||L||January 5, 1987||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||18–17–4

|40||T||January 8, 1987||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) ||18–17–5

|41||L||January 10, 1987||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1986–87) ||18–18–5

|42||W||January 12, 1987||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1986–87) ||19–18–5

|43||L||January 14, 1987||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||19–19–5

|44||W||January 15, 1987||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||20–19–5

|45||W||January 17, 1987||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||21–19–5

|46||W||January 20, 1987||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||22–19–5

|47||W||January 22, 1987||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||23–19–5

|48||W||January 24, 1987||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1986–87) ||24–19–5

|49||W||January 26, 1987||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||25–19–5

|50||L||January 29, 1987||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||25–20–5

|51||W||January 31, 1987||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||26–20–5

|52||L||February 1, 1987||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1986–87) ||26–21–5

|53||W||February 5, 1987||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1986–87) ||27–21–5

|54||W||February 7, 1987||8–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) ||28–21–5

|55||L||February 8, 1987||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||28–22–5

|56||L||February 14, 1987||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1986–87) ||28–23–5

|57||L||February 16, 1987||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||28–24–5

|58||L||February 18, 1987||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||28–25–5

|59||L||February 20, 1987||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1986–87) ||28–26–5

|60||W||February 21, 1987||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) ||29–26–5

|61||L||February 25, 1987||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||29–27–5

|62||W||February 26, 1987||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||30–27–5

|63||W||February 28, 1987||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1986–87) ||31–27–5

|64||L||March 2, 1987||3–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) ||31–28–5

|65||T||March 3, 1987||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1986–87) ||31–28–6

|66||L||March 5, 1987||2–10 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1986–87) ||31–29–6

|67||W||March 7, 1987||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1986–87) ||32–29–6

|68||L||March 11, 1987||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1986–87) ||32–30–6

|69||W||March 12, 1987||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1986–87) ||33–30–6

|70||T||March 14, 1987||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) ||33–30–7

|71||L||March 17, 1987||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1986–87) ||33–31–7

|72||W||March 19, 1987||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1986–87) ||34–31–7

|73||W||March 21, 1987||8–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1986–87) ||35–31–7

|74||L||March 22, 1987||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1986–87) ||35–32–7

|75||W||March 26, 1987||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1986–87) ||36–32–7

|76||W||March 28, 1987||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1986–87) ||37–32–7

|77||W||March 29, 1987||8–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1986–87) ||38–32–7

|78||W||March 31, 1987||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||39–32–7

|79||L||April 4, 1987||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1986–87) ||39–33–7

|80||L||April 5, 1987||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1986–87) ||39–34–7

Legend:

Notable games November 20 – "Brawl in the Hallway"; Near the end of the second period, Chris Nilan while leaving the ice on a game misconduct for fighting and takes a swing at Ken Linseman on the Boston bench, igniting a brawl that spills up the runaway leading to the dressing rooms. Nilan and Ryan Walter are suspended for three games while Claude Lemieux sits for one game. The Canadiens are fined $9,000 and the Bruins $5,000 while the players' fines total $4,400."Bruins-Canadiens rivalry photo gallery." SportsIllustrated.com. Retrieved 2012-11-12.

Playoffs

| 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

Legend:

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG D 78 23 72 95 3644613 RW 75 36 36 72 14323703 LW 80 29 40 69 59201104 RW 76 31 37 68 67443 LW 68 30 29 59 3110706 RW 58 22 30 52 10620405 C 79 20 30 50 51-4422 C 64 15 34 49 12615303 C 64 12 31 43 184233 LW 65 13 23 36 117-4201 D 66 12 24 36 959901 RW 76 12 15 27 79-7001 D 68 6 16 22 9622011 D 34 5 15 20 18-2300 LW 64 10 9 19 225-6002 RW 47 4 12 16 371010 D 52 5 9 14 84-2110 D 79 1 11 12 71-15000 LW 16 4 2 6 2-5200 LW 12 3 3 6 0-1000 C/RW 14 2 4 6 21-5000 RW 18 2 3 5 53-1000 LW 23 1 4 5 16-6001 LW 55 1 4 5 208-11000 D 59 1 3 4 69-8000 D 14 0 3 3 24-1000 G 36 0 2 2 240000 D 25 1 0 1 17-6000 LW 8 0 1 1 03000 G 41 0 1 1 80000 D 3 0 0 0 0-1000 G 2 0 0 0 00000 G 10 0 0 0 00000 G 1 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 1942 36 18 8 4 108 3.34 0909801.881 2234 41 16 20 2 124 3.33 311371013.891 513 10 3 5 1 29 3.39 0236207.877 97 2 2 0 0 7 4.33 05144.863 60 1 0 1 0 6 6.00 03428.824 Team: 4846 80 39 34 7 274 3.39 323672093.884

Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 4 5 1 6 8-1300 RW 4 2 2 4 0-1110 C 4 0 4 4 0-1000 D 4 1 2 3 0-1000 C 4 1 1 2 22-2000 LW 4 1 1 2 4-4100 C 3 0 2 2 0-4000 D 4 0 2 2 2-6000 LW 2 1 0 1 2-2000 RW 4 0 1 1 4-1000 RW 1 0 0 0 0-1000 D 4 0 0 0 11-2000 LW 1 0 0 0 00000 RW 3 0 0 0 0-2000 RW 4 0 0 0 0-4000 G 2 0 0 0 40000 LW 4 0 0 0 9-3000 D 4 0 0 0 4-2000 D 4 0 0 0 4-5000 G 2 0 0 0 00000 LW 2 0 0 0 0-1000 LW 1 0 0 0 21000 D 4 0 0 0 6-1000 C/RW 3 0 0 0 0-2000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO SA SV SV% 120 2 0 2 11 5.50 05847.810 123 2 0 2 8 3.90 05547.855 Team: 243 4 0 4 19 4.69 011394.832

Draft picks Boston's draft picks at the 1986 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)113Craig JanneyBoston College (Hockey East)234Pekka TirkkonenSaPKo (Finland)476Dean HallSt. James Canadians (MJHL)597Matt PesklewisSt. Albert Saints (AJHL)6118Garth PremakNew Westminster Bruins (WHL)7139Paul BeraldoSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)8160Brian FerreiraFalmouth High School (MIAA)9181Jeff FlahertyWeymouth High School (MIAA)10202Greg HawgoodKamloops Blazers (WHL)11223Staffan MalmqvistLeksands IF (Sweden)12244Joel GardnerSarnia Legionnaires (WOJBHL)S216Chris OlsonUniversity of Denver (WCHA)

See also 1986–87 NHL season

References