🐧 Away Penguins 24-21-6 before this game
5–6
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 28-19-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 2215
BOS 3126

Penguins at Bruins

Bruins beat Penguins 6–5 at TD Garden on February 5, 1987.

🗓 Thu, Feb 5, 1987 · 18:30 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
3 G, 2 A
4 shots · +3
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Rick Middleton
1 G, 2 A
2 shots
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Terry Ruskowski
3 A
1 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Nevin Markwart Go-ahead 1st · 00:58
Assists: Greg Johnston, Ray Bourque · beat Gilles Meloche
0–1
🐧 Randy Hillier Tying 1st · 02:02
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Craig Simpson · beat Bill Ranford
1–1
🐻 Charlie Simmer Go-ahead 1st · 06:39
Assists: Keith Crowder, Ken Linseman · beat Gilles Meloche
1–2
🐻 Rick Middleton PP 1st · 12:43
Assists: Cam Neely, Tom McCarthy · beat Gilles Meloche
1–3
🐧 Craig Simpson 1st · 16:38
Assists: Mario Lemieux, Jim Johnson · beat Bill Ranford
2–3
2nd period
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP Tying 2nd · 05:39
Assists: Terry Ruskowski, Doug Bodger · beat Bill Ranford
3–3
🐧 Mario Lemieux Go-ahead 2nd · 09:54
Assists: Terry Ruskowski, Dan Quinn · beat Bill Ranford
4–3
🐻 Reed Larson PP Tying 2nd · 11:48
Assists: Tom McCarthy, Rick Middleton · beat Gilles Meloche
4–4
3rd period
🐧 Mario Lemieux Go-ahead 3rd · 09:14
Assists: Terry Ruskowski, Rod Buskas · beat Bill Ranford
5–4
🐻 Cam Neely Tying 3rd · 09:43
Assists: Rick Middleton, Ray Bourque · beat Gilles Meloche
5–5
🐻 Keith Crowder Go-ahead 3rd · 19:07
Assists: Ken Linseman, Charlie Simmer · beat Gilles Meloche
5–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT BOS🐻
37 Shots on goal 30
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
40 Penalty minutes 26
PIT shooting 13.5% (5/37) BOS shooting 20.0% (6/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Gilles Meloche
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 59:22 TOI
🐻Bruins
Bill Ranford
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–3
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–4
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 24-21-6 (47% win rate, 51 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 28-19-5 (54% win rate, 52 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Jan 17, 1987
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · Bruins won
Nov 12, 1986
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · Penguins won
Mar 12, 1986
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · Bruins won
Feb 2, 1986
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · Bruins won
Dec 26, 1985
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs BOS, answered

Who won Penguins vs Bruins on February 5, 1987?

Bruins won 6–5.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Bruins?

The final score was Penguins 5, Bruins 6.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mario Lemieux (3), Craig Simpson, Randy Hillier.

Who scored for Bruins?

Cam Neely, Charlie Simmer, Keith Crowder, Nevin Markwart, Reed Larson, Rick Middleton.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Gilles Meloche made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

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

Where is Penguins vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Feb 1
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
8–6 · HFD won
Next game · Feb 7
🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · PIT won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Feb 1
🐻BOS @ 🗽NYR
4–5 · NYR won
Next game · Feb 7
🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS
5–8 · BOS won
Also on February 5, 1987
🎵STL @ 🔥CGY
2–1 final
Penguins season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule