🏝️ Away Islanders 16-8-2 before this game

1–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	1	1
BOS	0	2	1	3

Islanders at Bruins

Bruins beat Islanders 3–1 at TD Garden on December 7, 1986.

🗓 Sun, Dec 7, 1986 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Reed Larson

1 G

3 shots

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Greg Johnston

1 G

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Steve Kasper

1 G

2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

2nd period

🐻 Greg Johnston Go-ahead 2nd · 02:57

Assists: Thomas Gradin, Mike Milbury

0–1

🐻 Reed Larson PP 2nd · 11:35

Assists: Ray Bourque, Keith Crowder

0–2

3rd period

🐻 Steve Kasper 3rd · 00:17

Assists: Nevin Markwart

0–3

🏝️ Brad Lauer 3rd · 17:04

Assists: Pat LaFontaine, Patrick Flatley

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BOS🐻

31 Shots on goal 26

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

12 Penalty minutes 10

NYI shooting 3.2% (1/31) BOS shooting 11.5% (3/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐻Bruins

Doug Keans

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 16-8-2 (62% win rate, 26 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 14-10-3 (52% win rate, 27 games)

After 2nd — 0–2

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Mar 22, 1986

🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS

3–3 (OT) · Islanders won

4–4 (OT) · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs BOS, answered

Who won Islanders vs Bruins on December 7, 1986?

Bruins won 3–1.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Bruins?

The final score was Islanders 1, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Islanders?

Brad Lauer.

Who scored for Bruins?

Greg Johnston, Reed Larson, Steve Kasper.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Doug Keans made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Dec 5

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Dec 6

Also on December 7, 1986

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