Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, January 16, 1988 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Saturday, January 16, 1988 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 36–24.
Cam Neely scored a hat trick. Ray Bourque, Lyndon Byers and Phil Housley also scored.
Doug Keans made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Cam Neely (23)Glen Wesley (22), Geoff Courtnall (17)0–112:16 BOS · 
Ray Bourque (9)Gord Kluzak (21), Steve Kasper (26)0–219:34 BOS
2nd period
Lyndon Byers (7)Mike Stevens (1)0–308:12 BOS
Phil Housley (18)Calle Johansson (22)1–312:45 BUF
3rd period
- Cam Neely (24)Ken Linseman (27), Geoff Courtnall (18)1–415:26 BOS
- Cam Neely (25)Steve Kasper (27)1–519:54 BOS
Team stats
BUFBOS
2436
0%0%
0/91/7
2125
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:40 into the first period
Willi Plett · interference2 min - 5:12 into the first periodKen Linseman · interference2 min
- 5:48 into the first periodRay Bourque · roughing2 min
- 5:48 into the first period
Christian Ruuttu · roughing2 min - 11:13 into the first periodDoug Smith · interference2 min
- 14:50 into the first periodJay Miller · tripping2 min
- 17:33 into the first periodKevin Maguire · tripping2 min
- 1:28 into the second periodChristian Ruuttu · hooking2 min
- 2:04 into the second periodCam Neely · tripping2 min
- 4:30 into the second periodCalle Johansson · holding2 min
- 13:19 into the second periodMike Foligno · elbowing2 min
- 17:08 into the second periodKevin Maguire · roughing2 min
- 1:52 into the third periodKen Linseman · hooking2 min
- 4:33 into the third periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 4:33 into the third periodKevin Maguire · fighting5 min
- 7:40 into the third periodMike Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 9:11 into the third periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 9:11 into the third periodKen Linseman · slashing2 min
- 12:35 into the third periodReed Larson · cross checking2 min
- 17:33 into the third periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 36Mike StevensR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |