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Boston Bruins, 1986-87

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Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1986-87 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
8 80 39-34-7 85 0.531 301 276 +25 25-11-4 14-23-3

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals Montréal Canadiens Lost 0-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats in those games.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Ray Bourque D 78 23 72 95 44 36 334 0
Cam Neely R 75 36 36 72 22 143 206 0
Charlie Simmer L 80 29 40 69 20 59 138 0
Rick Middleton R 76 31 37 68 6 6 141 0
Tom McCarthy L 68 30 29 59 9 31 121 0
Keith Crowder R 58 22 30 52 19 106 114 0
Steve Kasper C 79 20 30 50 -6 51 110 0
Ken Linseman C 64 15 34 49 15 126 94 0
Thomas Gradin C 64 12 31 43 5 18 87 0
Geoff Courtnall L 65 13 23 36 -4 117 178 0
Reed Larson D 66 12 24 36 12 95 209 0
Greg Johnston R 76 12 15 27 -6 79 132 0
Mike Milbury D 68 6 16 22 22 96 59 0
Michael Thelven D 34 5 15 20 -3 18 58 0
Nevin Markwart L 64 10 9 19 -6 225 65 0
Dwight Foster R 47 4 12 16 2 37 23 0
Paul Boutilier D 52 5 9 14 -4 84 68 0
Allen Pedersen D 79 1 11 12 -15 71 56 0
Bob Sweeney C 14 2 4 6 -5 21 13 0
Dave Reid L 12 3 3 6 -1 0 19 0
Kraig Nienhuis L 16 4 2 6 -5 2 24 0
Jay Miller L 55 1 4 5 -11 208 26 0
Lyndon Byers R 18 2 3 5 -1 53 14 0
Randy Burridge L 23 1 4 5 -8 16 27 0
Mats Thelin D 59 1 3 4 -9 69 41 0
Wade Campbell D 14 0 3 3 -1 24 20 0
Frank Simonetti D 25 1 0 1 -6 17 11 0
John Carter L 8 0 1 1 2 0 12 0
Alain Cote D 3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0
Goalie GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
Bill Ranford 41 1136 1012 124 0.891
Doug Keans 36 908 800 108 0.881
Pat Riggin 10 236 207 29 0.877
Cleon Daskalakis 2 51 44 7 0.863
Roberto Romano 1 34 28 6 0.824

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 5, 1987 vs QUE L 4-6 42 39
Apr 4, 1987 @ MTL L 1-3 19 20
Mar 31, 1987 @ QUE W 4-3 31 31
Mar 29, 1987 @ CHI W 8-6 32 30
Mar 28, 1987 vs VAN W 2-1 24 29
Mar 26, 1987 vs EDM W 4-1 33 25
Mar 22, 1987 @ WSH L 3-4 30 29
Mar 21, 1987 vs LAK W 8-6 37 38
Mar 19, 1987 vs MNS W 6-2 40 37
Mar 17, 1987 @ DET L 1-3 25 24
Mar 14, 1987 vs CHI T 4-4 (OT) 37 31
Mar 12, 1987 vs STL W 6-4 27 31
Mar 11, 1987 @ NYR L 2-3 30 26
Mar 7, 1987 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 24 28
Mar 5, 1987 @ HFD L 2-10 28 43
Mar 3, 1987 @ NYI T 4-4 (OT) 22 34
Mar 2, 1987 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 34 34
Feb 28, 1987 vs BUF W 5-1 25 20
Feb 26, 1987 vs QUE W 6-2 33 28
Feb 25, 1987 @ HFD L 4-6 27 34
Feb 21, 1987 @ MNS W 1-0 29 45
Feb 20, 1987 @ WIN L 2-6 21 33
Feb 18, 1987 @ BUF L 3-4 33 26
Feb 16, 1987 @ MTL L 3-7 34 27
Feb 14, 1987 @ TOR L 4-5 24 33
Feb 8, 1987 vs QUE L 1-2 35 29
Feb 7, 1987 vs TOR W 8-5 37 28
Feb 5, 1987 vs PIT W 6-5 30 37
Feb 1, 1987 @ NYR L 4-5 33 32
Jan 31, 1987 vs WIN W 6-3 29 25
Jan 29, 1987 vs HFD L 3-6 31 36
Jan 26, 1987 vs BUF W 6-2 30 35
Jan 24, 1987 vs CGY W 5-3 23 25
Jan 22, 1987 vs MTL W 7-3 32 28
Jan 20, 1987 @ QUE W 5-3 17 33
Jan 17, 1987 vs PIT W 4-2 31 27
Jan 15, 1987 vs HFD W 6-4 31 27
Jan 14, 1987 @ HFD L 1-3 26 33
Jan 12, 1987 vs NYR W 4-1 31 26
Jan 10, 1987 vs PHI L 4-5 38 24
Jan 8, 1987 vs DET T 4-4 (OT) 44 27
Jan 5, 1987 vs MTL L 1-2 40 20
Jan 3, 1987 @ NYI W 5-4 31 27
Jan 2, 1987 @ NJD W 7-2 42 23
Dec 30, 1986 @ STL L 3-4 31 26
Dec 27, 1986 @ LAK L 1-2 (OT) 27 31
Dec 23, 1986 @ HFD L 0-2 23 23
Dec 20, 1986 vs CHI L 2-6 35 35
Dec 18, 1986 vs HFD L 5-6 33 28
Dec 14, 1986 @ QUE W 6-2 34 22
Dec 13, 1986 @ MTL W 4-2 22 24
Dec 11, 1986 vs VAN W 4-2 28 27
Dec 7, 1986 vs NYI W 3-1 26 31
Dec 6, 1986 vs PHI W 5-0 32 42
Dec 4, 1986 vs QUE W 3-2 33 25
Nov 29, 1986 vs BUF W 6-2 25 37
Nov 28, 1986 @ BUF L 3-4 31 32
Nov 26, 1986 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 24 31
Nov 24, 1986 @ TOR W 3-2 37 24
Nov 22, 1986 vs STL W 6-5 42 21
Nov 20, 1986 vs MTL L 1-3 24 25
Nov 19, 1986 @ BUF T 4-4 (OT) 31 33
Nov 17, 1986 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 20 26
Nov 15, 1986 vs NJD T 5-5 (OT) 41 28
Nov 13, 1986 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 34 28
Nov 12, 1986 @ PIT L 1-2 25 33
Nov 8, 1986 @ QUE W 5-1 33 15
Nov 5, 1986 @ BUF L 3-8 28 34
Nov 2, 1986 vs BUF L 1-7 35 31
Nov 1, 1986 @ PHI L 2-4 23 29
Oct 30, 1986 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 40 26
Oct 26, 1986 @ CGY W 6-0 24 43
Oct 24, 1986 @ EDM L 2-6 25 33
Oct 22, 1986 @ VAN L 1-5 18 31
Oct 18, 1986 @ LAK W 4-1 33 31
Oct 16, 1986 @ MNS W 5-3 27 30
Oct 14, 1986 @ WIN W 2-1 18 36
Oct 12, 1986 vs HFD W 7-2 30 18
Oct 11, 1986 @ NJD L 4-5 29 29
Oct 9, 1986 vs CGY L 3-5 32 33