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Friday, January 2, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena

Bruins 7 at Devils 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 99OVR Ray Bourque Bruins First Star 3A · 5 SOG R 94OVR Rick Middleton Bruins Second Star 2G · 7 SOG L 51OVR Nevin Markwart Bruins Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 6:42 Lyndon Byers (1) John Carter (1), Jay Miller (1) BOS 1 – 0 NJD
  2. 7:25 Rick Middleton (9) Allen Pedersen (5) BOS 2 – 0 NJD
  3. 17:04 Nevin Markwart (3) Ray Bourque (24) BOS 3 – 0 NJD
  4. 19:54 Rick Middleton (10) PPG Tom McCarthy (12), Ray Bourque (25) BOS 4 – 0 NJD

2nd Period

  1. 4:53 Reed Larson (8) PPG Unassisted BOS 5 – 0 NJD
  2. 11:43 Andy Brickley (5) Doug Sulliman (11), Timo Blomqvist (1) BOS 5 – 1 NJD
  3. 15:03 Mark Johnson (9) Pat Verbeek (15), Randy Velischek (7) BOS 5 – 2 NJD

3rd Period

  1. 6:35 Greg Johnston (6) Nevin Markwart (4), Steve Kasper (8) BOS 6 – 2 NJD
  2. 17:40 Charlie Simmer (11) PPG Tom McCarthy (13), Ray Bourque (26) BOS 7 – 2 NJD

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ray Bourque D 0 3 5 0 0 +3 0:00 2.55
Rick Middleton R 2 0 7 0 0 0 0:00 2.03
Nevin Markwart L 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Reed Larson D 1 0 6 0 0 +1 0:00 1.35
Tom McCarthy L 0 2 0 0 0 0 0:00 1.25
Greg Johnston R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Lyndon Byers R 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
John Carter L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Steve Kasper C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Charlie Simmer L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Jay Miller L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Allen Pedersen D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Mike Milbury D 0 0 1 0 0 +3 0:00 0.52
Cam Neely R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Geoff Courtnall L 0 0 7 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Thomas Gradin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Paul Boutilier D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Mats Thelin D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bill Ranford W 23 21 2 .913 60:00 0.60

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Timo Blomqvist D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Randy Velischek D 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mark Johnson C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Doug Sulliman L 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Andy Brickley L 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.53
Pat Verbeek R 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Kirk Muller L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
John MacLean R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Mel Bridgman C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Peter McNab C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Aaron Broten C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Claude Loiselle C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Craig Wolanin D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Greg Adams L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Bruce Driver D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ken Daneyko D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Steve Richmond D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.45
Jan Ludvig R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Alain Chevrier L 21 16 5 .762 24:53 -2.15
Kirk McLean — 21 19 2 .905 35:07 0.40