Boston Bruins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, February 21, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 4–1 on Sunday, February 21, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Bruins 39–21.
Goals came from Steve Kasper, Ray Bourque, Reed Larson, Randy Velischek and Ken Linseman.
Rejean Lemelin made 38 saves on 39 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Kasper (24)Randy Burridge (24)1–018:41 BOS
2nd period
Ray Bourque (14)Ken Linseman (34), Reed Larson (21)2–003:01 BOS · 
Reed Larson (8)Steve Kasper (38), Randy Burridge (25)3–017:14 BOS
3rd period
Randy Velischek (3)Patrik Sundstrom (28), Brendan Shanahan (17)3–105:30 NJD
Ken Linseman (22)Unassisted4–119:22 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSNJD
2139
0%0%
1/40/6
1713
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:06 into the first period
Michael Thelven · high sticking2 min - 13:00 into the first periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:20 into the second period
Pat Verbeek · tripping2 min - 2:45 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
- 3:55 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · tripping2 min
- 5:06 into the second periodJack O'Callahan · tripping2 min
- 9:28 into the second periodKen Linseman · holding2 min
- 10:08 into the third periodRandy Burridge · cross checking2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodAlan May · fighting5 min
- 18:07 into the third periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
- 19:58 into the third periodDavid Maley · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 39 | 1 | .974 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |