Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, January 14, 1988 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Thursday, January 14, 1988 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 32–31.
Goals came from Cam Neely, Mike Mcphee, Reed Larson, Steve Kasper and Bobby Smith.
Rejean Lemelin made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Cam Neely (22)Steve Kasper (25)0–116:36 BOS
3rd period
Mike Mcphee (14)Unassisted1–117:34 MTL · 
Reed Larson (4)Unassisted1–217:48 BOS · 
Steve Kasper (17)Cam Neely (17)1–318:46 BOS
Bobby Smith (20)Unassisted2–319:10 MTL
Team stats
MTLBOS
3132
0%0%
0/61/8
7470
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:32 into the first period
Jay Miller · fighting5 min - 0:32 into the first period
Mike Lalor · fighting5 min - 0:50 into the first periodKen Linseman · interference2 min
- 1:25 into the first periodReed Larson · high sticking2 min
- 4:15 into the first periodChris Chelios · slashing2 min
- 4:57 into the first periodCam Neely · high sticking2 min
- 4:57 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · high sticking2 min
- 7:44 into the first periodJohn Blum · elbowing2 min
- 7:44 into the first periodGord Kluzak · boarding2 min
- 7:44 into the first periodChris Chelios · roughing2 min
- 10:35 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · holding2 min
- 10:35 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:53 into the first periodKeith Crowder · cross checking2 min
- 10:53 into the first periodKeith Crowder · fighting5 min
- 10:53 into the first periodChris Chelios · high sticking2 min
- 10:53 into the first periodChris Chelios · fighting5 min
- 11:46 into the first periodRandy Burridge · high sticking2 min
- 11:46 into the first periodMike Lalor · cross checking2 min
- 14:10 into the first periodKen Linseman · holding2 min
- 14:26 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · tripping2 min
- 17:55 into the first periodBob Sweeney · holding2 min
- 17:55 into the first periodBobby Smith · roughing2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodGord Kluzak · high sticking2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · high sticking2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · boarding2 min
- 18:34 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · cross checking2 min
- 1:24 into the second periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 1:24 into the second periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min
- 2:42 into the second periodCam Neely · instigator2 min
- 2:42 into the second periodCam Neely · fighting5 min
- 2:42 into the second periodChris Nilan · slashing2 min
- 2:42 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 3:21 into the second periodMike Mcphee · tripping2 min
- 8:04 into the second periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 8:04 into the second periodJohn Kordic · fighting5 min
- 8:51 into the second periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 1:43 into the third periodBilly O'Dwyer · holding2 min
- 5:23 into the third periodBob Sweeney · hooking2 min
- 8:46 into the third periodGord Kluzak · fighting5 min
- 8:46 into the third periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 8:54 into the third periodGord Kluzak · misconduct10 min
- 8:54 into the third periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
- 11:56 into the third periodChris Chelios · slashing2 min
- 16:12 into the third periodPatrick Roy · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Tommy LehmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike StevensR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |