Boston Bruins vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, February 12, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–4 on Friday, February 12, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Oilers 31–29.
Steve Smith scored twice and Geoff Courtnall scored twice. Randy Burridge, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri, Ray Bourque, Lyndon Byers, Bob Sweeney and Steve Kasper also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 23 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Burridge (23)Bob Sweeney (10), Steve Kasper (34)1–012:37 BOS
Glenn Anderson (26)Wayne Gretzky (68), Kevin Lowe (12)1–115:18 EDM · 
Jari Kurri (29)Mark Messier (47), Wayne Gretzky (69)1–218:05 EDM
2nd period
Steve Smith (10)Glenn Anderson (34), Keith Acton (15)1–303:14 EDM
Ray Bourque (13)Steve Kasper (35), Randy Burridge (21)2–306:26 BOS
Geoff Courtnall (26)Ken Linseman (31), Reed Larson (20)3–313:59 BOS ·
3rd period
Lyndon Byers (8)Tommy Lehman (3)4–307:19 BOS
Bob Sweeney (17)Randy Burridge (22), Glen Wesley (26)5–307:30 BOS- Geoff Courtnall (27)Ray Bourque (46), Ken Linseman (32)6–308:49 BOS
Steve Kasper (23)Bob Sweeney (11), Randy Burridge (23)7–312:16 BOS- Steve Smith (11)Keith Acton (16), Jeff Beukeboom (18)7–415:36 EDM
Team stats
BOSEDM
3129
0%0%
1/21/2
4161
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:07 into the first period
Steve Dykstra · holding2 min - 11:31 into the first period
Reed Larson · fighting5 min - 11:31 into the first periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 11:31 into the first periodMarty McSorley · misconduct10 min
- 11:31 into the first periodMarty McSorley · game misconduct10 min
- 11:39 into the first periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 11:39 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 13:42 into the first periodKeith Crowder · tripping2 min
- 3:39 into the second periodRay Bourque · cross checking2 min
- 3:39 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · cross checking2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · roughing2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min
- 12:41 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodTommy Lehman · roughing2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 15:01 into the second periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 15:01 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · fighting5 min
- 18:26 into the second periodLyndon Byers · interference2 min
- 1:49 into the third periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 1:49 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min
- 9:22 into the third periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 9:22 into the third periodSteve Smith · fighting5 min
- 14:14 into the third periodMichael Thelven · high sticking2 min
- 14:14 into the third periodMichael Thelven · fighting5 min
- 14:14 into the third periodDave Hannan · high sticking2 min
- 14:14 into the third periodDave Hannan · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 20Tommy LehmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Warren SkorodenskiG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 30 | 7 | .767 |