New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, January 30, 1988 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Saturday, January 30, 1988 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 33–23.
Goals came from Chris Nilan, Norm MacIver, Ken Linseman, Billy O'Dwyer, Ulf Dahlen and Tomas Sandstrom.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Nilan (8)Don Maloney (12), Michel Petit (17)1–003:34 NYR
Norm MacIver (2)Walt Poddubny (32)2–005:15 NYR
Ken Linseman (18)Doug Keans (1), Ray Bourque (41)2–112:07 BOS ·
2nd period
Billy O'Dwyer (7)Ray Bourque (42)2–214:27 BOS
Ulf Dahlen (18)Kelly Kisio (41), Chris Nilan (7)3–216:51 NYR
3rd period
Tomas Sandstrom (17)Lucien DeBlois (14)4–215:26 NYR
Team stats
NYRBOS
2333
0%0%
0/31/6
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:08 into the first period
Don Maloney · hooking2 min - 8:30 into the first periodJari Gronstrand · interference2 min
- 8:45 into the first period
Ray Bourque · high sticking2 min - 10:22 into the first periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 12:50 into the first periodBilly O'Dwyer · slashing2 min
- 12:50 into the first periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodKen Linseman · interference2 min
- 9:34 into the second periodMichel Petit · hooking2 min
- 10:24 into the second periodKeith Crowder · slashing2 min
- 14:45 into the second periodGord Kluzak · tripping2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 6:40 into the third periodJari Gronstrand · holding2 min
- 13:05 into the third periodDavid Shaw · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Boston Bruins
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Mike StevensR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Paul BeraldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |