🐻 Away Bruins 31-24-5 before this game
4–6
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 33-24-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 2024
HFD 2226

Bruins at Whalers

Whalers beat Bruins 6–4 on February 25, 1987.

🗓 Wed, Feb 25, 1987 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 5–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Paul Lawless
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · +3
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Ron Francis
3 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Rick Middleton
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Cam Neely Go-ahead 1st · 00:20
Assists: Geoff Courtnall, Reed Larson · beat Mike Liut
1–0
🐳 Ray Ferraro PP Tying 1st · 03:45
Assists: Sylvain Turgeon, Kevin Dineen · beat Roberto Romano
1–1
🐳 Ray Ferraro PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:00
Assists: Mike McEwen, John Anderson · beat Roberto Romano
1–2
🐻 Steve Kasper SH Tying 1st · 13:17
Assists: Rick Middleton · beat Mike Liut
2–2
2nd period
🐳 Sylvain Turgeon Go-ahead 2nd · 05:56
Unassisted · beat Roberto Romano
2–3
🐳 Kevin Dineen 2nd · 17:52
Assists: Ron Francis, Paul Lawless · beat Roberto Romano
2–4
3rd period
🐻 Rick Middleton 3rd · 05:55
Assists: Keith Crowder, Steve Kasper · beat Mike Liut
3–4
🐳 Paul Lawless 3rd · 09:28
Assists: Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson · beat Roberto Romano
3–5
🐻 Rick Middleton 3rd · 14:12
Assists: Steve Kasper · beat Mike Liut
4–5
🐳 Paul Lawless 3rd · 15:09
Assists: Ron Francis · beat Roberto Romano
4–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS HFD🐳
27 Shots on goal 34
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
24 Penalty minutes 22
BOS shooting 14.8% (4/27) HFD shooting 17.6% (6/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Roberto Romano
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
Mike Liut
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 31-24-5 (52% win rate, 60 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 33-24-4 (54% win rate, 61 games)
After 2nd — 2–4
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 5–2 Full head-to-head →
Jan 29, 1987
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
6–3 · Whalers won
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

❓ BOS vs HFD, answered

Who won Bruins vs Whalers on February 25, 1987?

Whalers won 6–4.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Whalers?

The final score was Bruins 4, Whalers 6.

Who scored for Bruins?

Rick Middleton (2), Cam Neely, Steve Kasper.

Who scored for Whalers?

Paul Lawless (2), Ray Ferraro (2), Kevin Dineen, Sylvain Turgeon.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Roberto Romano made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Bruins vs Whalers season series?

Whalers lead the season series 5–2 after 7 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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Feb 21
🐻BOS @ 🌌MNS
1–0 · BOS won
Next game · Feb 26
⚜️QUE @ 🐻BOS
2–6 · BOS won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Feb 22
🐳HFD @ ⚔️BUF
3–5 · BUF won
Next game · Feb 28
⚜️QUE @ 🐳HFD
1–2 · HFD won
Also on February 25, 1987
🗽NYR @ 🍁TOR
4–2 final
🛢️EDM @ 😈NJD
2–4 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🪶CHI
3–3 final
Bruins season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule