🐻 Away Bruins 1-1 in series
3–5
Final
BOS leads 4–3
🐳 Home Whalers 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Bruins at Whalers — First Round Game 3

Whalers, First Round Game 3, beat Bruins 5–3 on April 9, 1990.

🗓 Mon, Apr 9, 1990 · 18:30 CDT 🏒 1989-90 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

HFD vs BOS · BOS leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
4–3
Final · HFD
Game 2
1–3
Final · BOS
Game 3
3–5
Final · HFD
Game 4
6–5
Final · BOS
Game 5
2–3
Final · BOS
Game 6
2–3
OT · HFD
Game 7
1–3
Final · BOS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Brad Shaw
1 G, 3 A
2 shots · +1
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Pat Verbeek
2 G
7 shots · +1
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Ron Francis
2 A
5 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS HFD🐳
25 Shots on goal 27
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
30 Penalty minutes 16
BOS shooting 12.0% (3/25) HFD shooting 18.5% (5/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Andy Moog
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:34 TOI
🐳Whalers
Peter Sidorkiewicz
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 39-18-5 (63% win rate, 62 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 35-23-4 (56% win rate, 62 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 39-18-5 (63% win rate, 62 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 2nd: 35-23-4 (56% win rate, 62 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 7, 1990
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won
Apr 5, 1990
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
4–3 · Whalers won
Mar 29, 1990
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · Bruins won
Mar 11, 1990
🐻BOS @ 🐳HFD
4–3 · Bruins won
Jan 17, 1990
🐻BOS @ 🐳HFD
5–5 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs HFD, answered

Who won Bruins vs Whalers on April 9, 1990?

Whalers won 5–3.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Whalers?

The final score was Bruins 3, Whalers 5.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Peter Sidorkiewicz made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

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 · Apr 7
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 11
🐻BOS @ 🐳HFD
6–5 · BOS won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Apr 7
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 11
🐻BOS @ 🐳HFD
6–5 · BOS won
Also on April 9, 1990
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 final
🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI
3–4 final
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
2–1 final
Bruins season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule