1986–87 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1986–87
Year:	1986
Team:	Boston Bruins
Record:	39–34–7
Divisionrank:	3rd
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsfor:	301
Goalsagainst:	276
Goalsleader:	Cam Neely (36)
Assistsleader:	Ray Bourque (72)
Pointsleader:	Ray Bourque (95)
Plusminusleader:	Ray Bourque (44)
Pimleader:	Nevin Markwart (225)
Winsleader:	Doug Keans (18)
Gaaleader:	Doug Keans & Bill Ranford (3.34)

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

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

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.^[1]

Playoffs

Adams Division Semifinals

Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 0

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	D	78	23	72	95	36	44	6	1	3
	RW	75	36	36	72	143	23	7	0	3
	LW	80	29	40	69	59	20	11	0	4
	RW	76	31	37	68	6	7	4	4	3
	LW	68	30	29	59	31	10	7	0	6
	RW	58	22	30	52	106	20	4	0	5
	C	79	20	30	50	51	-4	4	2	2
	C	64	15	34	49	126	15	3	0	3
	C	64	12	31	43	18	4	2	3	3
	LW	65	13	23	36	117	-4	2	0	1
	D	66	12	24	36	95	9	9	0	1
	RW	76	12	15	27	79	-7	0	0	1
	D	68	6	16	22	96	22	0	1	1
	D	34	5	15	20	18	-2	3	0	0
	LW	64	10	9	19	225	-6	0	0	2
	RW	47	4	12	16	37	1	0	1	0
	D	52	5	9	14	84	-2	1	1	0
	D	79	1	11	12	71	-15	0	0	0
	LW	16	4	2	6	2	-5	2	0	0
	LW	12	3	3	6	0	-1	0	0	0
	C/RW	14	2	4	6	21	-5	0	0	0
	RW	18	2	3	5	53	-1	0	0	0
	LW	23	1	4	5	16	-6	0	0	1
	LW	55	1	4	5	208	-11	0	0	0
	D	59	1	3	4	69	-8	0	0	0
	D	14	0	3	3	24	-1	0	0	0
	G	36	0	2	2	24	0	0	0	0
	D	25	1	0	1	17	-6	0	0	0
	LW	8	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
	G	41	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	1942	36	18	8	4	108	3.34	0	909	801	.881
	2234	41	16	20	2	124	3.33	3	1137	1013	.891
	513	10	3	5	1	29	3.39	0	236	207	.877
	97	2	2	0	0	7	4.33	0	51	44	.863
	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
	RW	4	5	1	6	8	-1	3	0	0
	RW	4	2	2	4	0	-1	1	1	0
	C	4	0	4	4	0	-1	0	0	0
	D	4	1	2	3	0	-1	0	0	0
	C	4	1	1	2	22	-2	0	0	0
	LW	4	1	1	2	4	-4	1	0	0
	C	3	0	2	2	0	-4	0	0	0
	D	4	0	2	2	2	-6	0	0	0
	LW	2	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	11	-2	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
	LW	4	0	0	0	9	-3	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	LW	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
	C/RW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

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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)
1	13	Craig Janney		Boston College (Hockey East)
2	34	Pekka Tirkkonen		SaPKo (Finland)
4	76	Dean Hall		St. James Canadians (MJHL)
5	97	Matt Pesklewis		St. Albert Saints (AJHL)
6	118	Garth Premak		New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
7	139	Paul Beraldo		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
8	160	Brian Ferreira		Falmouth High School (MIAA)
9	181	Jeff Flaherty		Weymouth High School (MIAA)
10	202	Greg Hawgood		Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
11	223	Staffan Malmqvist		Leksands IF (Sweden)
12	244	Joel Gardner		Sarnia Legionnaires (WOJBHL)
S2	16	Chris Olson		University of Denver (WCHA)

See also

• 1986–87 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1986–87 Boston Bruins Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1104/nhl-bruins-canadiens-rivalry/content.8.html "Bruins-Canadiens rivalry photo gallery." SportsIllustrated.com.
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-05 . 1986-87 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.