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1986–87 Boston Bruins season

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Division
  
3rd Adams

Alternate captains
  
Unknonwn

General manager
  
Harry Sinden

Goals for
  
301

1986–87 record
  
39–34–7

Coach
  
Butch Goring

Goals against
  
276

Captains
  
Ray Bourque, Rick Middleton

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1985–86 Boston Bruins season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Contents

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Notable games

  • November 20 - "Brawl in the Hallway" - Near the end of the second period, Chris Nilan while leaving the ice on a game misconduct for fighting and takes a swing at Ken Linseman on the Boston bench, igniting a brawl that spills up the runaway leading to the dressing rooms. Nilan and Ryan Walter are suspended for three games while Claude Lemieux sits for one game. The Canadiens are fined $9,000 and the Bruins $5,000 while the players' fines total $4,400.

    • Regular season

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Playoffs

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Note:

    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
     Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

    References

    1986–87 Boston Bruins season Wikipedia
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