Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, January 13, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 on Wednesday, January 13, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 35–30.
Goals came from Bobby Smith, Ken Linseman, Mike Lalor, Mats Naslund, Keith Crowder, Claude Lemieux, Brian Skrudland, Geoff Courtnall and Glen Wesley.
Brian Hayward made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Smith (19)Mats Naslund (40), Claude Lemieux (22)0–110:46 MTL · 
Ken Linseman (14)Cam Neely (16), Glen Wesley (20)1–117:01 BOS · 
Mike Lalor (1)Claude Lemieux (23), Bobby Smith (39)1–218:56 MTL
2nd period
Mats Naslund (16)Petr Svoboda (15), Shayne Corson (18)1–309:58 MTL
Keith Crowder (14)Gord Kluzak (20), Steve Kasper (23)2–311:05 BOS · 
Claude Lemieux (18)Mats Naslund (41), Shayne Corson (19)2–415:58 MTL
Brian Skrudland (5)Mike Mcphee (8), Larry Robinson (10)2–517:51 MTL
3rd period
Geoff Courtnall (23)Willi Plett (3), Glen Wesley (21)3–503:28 BOS
Glen Wesley (3)Steve Kasper (24)4–510:54 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSMTL
3035
0%0%
2/81/9
3533
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Allen Pedersen · cross checking2 min - 5:24 into the first periodAllen Pedersen · fighting5 min
- 5:24 into the first period
Shayne Corson · instigator2 min - 5:24 into the first periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min
- 7:24 into the first periodRandy Burridge · roughing2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodChris Chelios · high sticking2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodChris Chelios · roughing2 min
- 9:52 into the first periodLyndon Byers · slashing2 min
- 9:52 into the first periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 9:52 into the first periodJohn Kordic · fighting5 min
- 12:11 into the first periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 16:15 into the first periodChris Nilan · holding2 min
- 4:33 into the second periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodChris Nilan · holding2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodChris Nilan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodMichael Thelven · holding2 min
- 5:32 into the third periodKen Linseman · holding2 min
- 6:28 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · roughing2 min
- 8:46 into the third periodLyndon Byers · interference2 min
- 9:52 into the third periodGord Kluzak · holding2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodRyan Walter · interference2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodCam Neely · fighting5 min
- 15:58 into the third periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
- 16:40 into the third periodShayne Corson · tripping2 min
- 19:44 into the third periodKeith Crowder · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 26Glen WesleyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Tommy LehmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |