The Boston Bruins came up just a bit short against the Hartford Whalers, 6 to 5, on December 18, 1986.

Final

Whalers

16-9-4

6

Bruins

16-12-4

5

Team

HFD

BOS

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

HFD

BOS

Doug Jarvis (EV) assisted by Dave Tippett and Paul MacDermid

Paul Lawless (PP) assisted by Stew Gavin

Keith Crowder (EV) assisted by Reed Larson and Charlie Simmer

Ron Francis (EV) assisted by Dave Semenko and Ulf Samuelsson

2nd period

HFD

BOS

Stew Gavin (EV) assisted by Dean Evason and Paul Lawless

Charlie Simmer (EV) assisted by Ray Bourque and Keith Crowder

Mike McEwen (PP) unassisted

Charlie Simmer (EV) assisted by Reed Larson and Ray Bourque

3rd period

HFD

BOS

Kevin Dineen (PP) assisted by Dave Semenko and Ray Ferraro

Charlie Simmer (PP) assisted by Ray Bourque and Rick Middleton

Keith Crowder (PP) assisted by Ken Linseman and Charlie Simmer

Whalers

Bruins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Whalers

Bruins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Weeks (W) S. Weeks	1	0	0	33	28	.848	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Dave Babych D. Babych	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Barr D. Barr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	2	50.0
Dean Evason D. Evason	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Stew Gavin S. Gavin	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Scot Kleinendorst S. Kleinendorst	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Lawless P. Lawless	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Paul MacDermid P. MacDermid	0	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	0
Mike McEwen M. McEwen	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
Dana Murzyn D. Murzyn	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	0
Joel Quenneville J. Quenneville	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Semenko D. Semenko	0	2	2	-1	2	0	1	0	2	0.0
Dave Tippett D. Tippett	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Doug Keans (L) D. Keans	0	1	0	28	22	.786	6	6.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	3	3	+1	0	0	1	3	0.0
Paul Boutilier P. Boutilier	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Geoff Courtnall G. Courtnall	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Keith Crowder K. Crowder	2	1	3	+2	7	1	0	5	40.0
Thomas Gradin T. Gradin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Johnston G. Johnston	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Kasper S. Kasper	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Reed Larson R. Larson	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	4	0.0
Ken Linseman K. Linseman	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	2	0.0
Nevin Markwart N. Markwart	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom McCarthy T. McCarthy	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0
Rick Middleton R. Middleton	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Mike Milbury M. Milbury	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Jay Miller J. Miller	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Cam Neely C. Neely	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Charlie Simmer C. Simmer	3	2	5	+2	0	1	1	5	60.0
Mats Thelin M. Thelin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0