1986–87 Boston Bruins season

The 1986–87 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 63rd season. The Bruins finished 3rd in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
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==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 0===
==Player Stats==
===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 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	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
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	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
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	11 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	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
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage 
==Awards and Records==
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Ray Bourque, Runner-up
*Ray Bourque, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Trivia==
*Bruins who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
**Cam Neely during the 4-3 (OT) loss to the Montreal Canadiens, Game 2 of the Division Semi-finals, April 9, 1987.
==See Also==
*1986–87 NHL season
==References==
* 
Boston Bruins season, 1986–87
Boston Bruins season, 1986–87
Category:Boston Bruins seasons