1–3

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 35-27-9 before this game

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

Bruins at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Bruins 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on March 17, 1987.

🗓 Tue, Mar 17, 1987 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Shawn Burr

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · +3

2nd star 🐙 DET

Tim Higgins

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +3

3rd star 🐙 DET

Petr Klima

2 A

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Tim Higgins Go-ahead 1st · 03:30

Assists: Petr Klima, Shawn Burr · beat Bill Ranford

0–1

2nd period

🐻 Rick Middleton Tying 2nd · 14:09

Assists: Thomas Gradin, Cam Neely · beat Greg Stefan

1–1

3rd period

🐙 Shawn Burr Go-ahead 3rd · 07:01

Assists: Gilbert Delorme · beat Bill Ranford

1–2

🐙 Shawn Burr 3rd · 16:20

Assists: Tim Higgins, Petr Klima · beat Bill Ranford

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS DET🐙

25 Shots on goal 24

7 Penalty minutes 7

BOS shooting 4.0% (1/25) DET shooting 12.5% (3/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Bill Ranford

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:23 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Greg Stefan

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 36-27-7 (51% win rate, 70 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 35-27-9 (49% win rate, 71 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

Mar 2, 1987

🐙DET @ 🐻BOS

4–3 (OT) · Red Wings won

Jan 8, 1987

🐙DET @ 🐻BOS

4–4 (OT) · Red Wings won

5–6 (OT) · Red Wings won

Oct 12, 1985

🐻BOS @ 🐙DET

9–2 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs DET, answered

Who won Bruins vs Red Wings on March 17, 1987?

Red Wings won 3–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Red Wings?

The final score was Bruins 1, Red Wings 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Rick Middleton.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Shawn Burr (2), Tim Higgins.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Greg Stefan made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 3–0 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

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Mar 14

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Mar 15

Also on March 17, 1987

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