🐳 Away Whalers 27-19-4 before this game
6–3
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 27-17-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
HFD 2136
BOS 0213

Whalers at Bruins

Whalers beat Bruins 6–3 at TD Garden on January 29, 1987.

🗓 Thu, Jan 29, 1987 · 18:30 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 4–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Stew Gavin
2 G, 1 A
7 shots · +5
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Sylvain Turgeon
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · +4
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Dean Evason
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · +4

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐳 Stew Gavin Go-ahead 1st · 01:44
Assists: Sylvain Cote, Scot Kleinendorst · beat Bill Ranford
1–0
🐳 Sylvain Turgeon 1st · 05:26
Assists: Dean Evason, Ulf Samuelsson · beat Bill Ranford
2–0
2nd period
🐳 Dana Murzyn PP 2nd · 05:12
Assists: Doug Jarvis · beat Bill Ranford
3–0
🐻 Tom McCarthy 2nd · 12:43
Assists: Bob Sweeney, Jay Miller · beat Mike Liut
3–1
🐻 Thomas Gradin PP 2nd · 17:55
Assists: Tom McCarthy, Michael Thelven · beat Mike Liut
3–2
3rd period
🐻 Jay Miller Tying 3rd · 04:03
Assists: Bob Sweeney, Tom McCarthy · beat Mike Liut
3–3
🐳 Sylvain Turgeon Go-ahead 3rd · 16:00
Assists: Dean Evason, Stew Gavin · beat Bill Ranford
4–3
🐳 Dean Evason 3rd · 18:22
Assists: Sylvain Turgeon · beat Bill Ranford
5–3
🐳 Stew Gavin Empty net 3rd · 19:58
Unassisted
6–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐳HFD BOS🐻
36 Shots on goal 31
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
27 Penalty minutes 25
HFD shooting 16.7% (6/36) BOS shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐳Whalers
Mike Liut
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Bill Ranford
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:45 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–2
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 4–2 Full head-to-head →
Jan 15, 1987
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
4–6 · Bruins won
Jan 14, 1987
🐻BOS @ 🐳HFD
1–3 · Whalers won
Dec 23, 1986
🐻BOS @ 🐳HFD
0–2 · Whalers won
Dec 18, 1986
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
6–5 · Whalers won
Oct 12, 1986
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
2–7 · Bruins won

❓ HFD vs BOS, answered

Who won Whalers vs Bruins on January 29, 1987?

Whalers won 6–3.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Bruins?

The final score was Whalers 6, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Whalers?

Stew Gavin (2), Sylvain Turgeon (2), Dana Murzyn, Dean Evason.

Who scored for Bruins?

Jay Miller, Thomas Gradin, Tom McCarthy.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Whalers vs Bruins season series?

Whalers lead the season series 4–2 after 6 games.

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
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Jan 27
🐳HFD @ ⚜️QUE
2–4 · QUE won
Next game · Jan 31
🐳HFD @ 🏝️NYI
2–4 · NYI won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Jan 26
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
2–6 · BOS won
Next game · Jan 31
✈️WIN @ 🐻BOS
3–6 · BOS won
Also on January 29, 1987
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
3–5 final
🍁TOR @ 🎵STL
2–4 final
🌌MNS @ 🔥CGY
3–3 final
Whalers season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule