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1986–87 Boston Bruins season
NHL team season
NHL team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1986–87 |
| year | 1986 |
| Team | Boston Bruins |
| Record | 39–34–7 |
| HomeRecord | 25–11–4 |
| RoadRecord | 14–23–3 |
| Conference | Wales |
| ConferenceRank | 5th |
| Division | Adams |
| DivisionRank | 3rd |
| GoalsFor | 301 |
| GoalsAgainst | 276 |
| GeneralManager | Harry Sinden |
| Coach | Butch Goring |
| Terry O'Reilly | |
| Captain | Ray Bourque |
| Rick Middleton | |
| AltCaptain | *None* |
| Arena | Boston Garden |
| 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) |
Terry O'Reilly Rick Middleton 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
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| 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.
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
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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 |
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 | United States | Boston College (Hockey East) |
| 2 | 34 | Pekka Tirkkonen | SaPKo (Finland) | |
| 4 | 76 | Dean Hall | Canada | St. James Canadians (MJHL) |
| 5 | 97 | Matt Pesklewis | Canada | St. Albert Saints (AJHL) |
| 6 | 118 | Garth Premak | Canada | New Westminster Bruins (WHL) |
| 7 | 139 | Paul Beraldo | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 8 | 160 | Brian Ferreira | United States | Falmouth High School (MIAA) |
| 9 | 181 | Jeff Flaherty | United States | Weymouth High School (MIAA) |
| 10 | 202 | Greg Hawgood | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 11 | 223 | Staffan Malmqvist | Sweden | Leksands IF (Sweden) |
| 12 | 244 | Joel Gardner | Canada | Sarnia Legionnaires (WOJBHL) |
| [S2](1986-nhl-supplemental-draft) | 16 | Chris Olson | United States | University of Denver (WCHA) |
References
References
- "1986-87 Boston Bruins Schedule".
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110417154318/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1104/nhl-bruins-canadiens-rivalry/content.8.html "Bruins-Canadiens rivalry photo gallery." SportsIllustrated.com.] Retrieved 2012-11-12.
- "1986-87 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
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