Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers

Regular season · Tuesday, February 23, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center

2–3

27–24

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Game summary

The Hartford Whalers beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Tuesday, February 23, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 27–24.

Goals came from Ron Francis, Ken Linseman, Ulf Samuelsson, Reed Larson and Kevin Dineen.

Mike Liut made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 21 of 24.

Goals
BOS	0	2	0	2	27
HFD	1	1	1	3	24

Scoring

1st period

Ron Francis (20)John Anderson (30), Joel Quenneville (7)0–102:44 HFD

2nd period

Ken Linseman (23)Ray Bourque (50), Steve Kasper (39)1–101:25 BOS
Ulf Samuelsson (6)Ron Francis (38), John Anderson (31)1–208:45 HFD ·
Reed Larson (9)Randy Burridge (26), Ray Bourque (51)2–210:39 BOS ·

3rd period

Kevin Dineen (21)Ron Francis (39), John Anderson (32)2–319:05 HFD

Team stats

BOSHFD

2724

0%0%

1/71/7

2929

Penalties

0:20 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
4:50 into the first periodBrent Peterson · high sticking2 min
11:18 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · boarding2 min
12:13 into the first periodGlen Wesley · roughing2 min
12:13 into the first periodCarey Wilson · roughing2 min
14:12 into the first periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
14:12 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
14:41 into the first periodDean Evason · cross checking2 min
17:35 into the first periodNevin Markwart · interference2 min
19:19 into the first periodKen Linseman · tripping2 min
2:01 into the second periodReed Larson · slashing2 min
7:10 into the second periodWilli Plett · instigator2 min
7:10 into the second periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
7:10 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
9:45 into the second periodSylvain Cote · roughing2 min
11:19 into the second periodRandy Ladouceur · slashing2 min
11:54 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
12:55 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
12:55 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
13:48 into the second periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
13:48 into the second periodRandy Ladouceur · high sticking2 min
15:06 into the second periodJay Miller · roughing2 min
18:39 into the second periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
18:39 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
9:05 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · holding2 min
12:11 into the third periodNevin Markwart · elbowing2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

77Ray BourqueD	0	2	2	+1	5	0	–	–
11Steve KasperC	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
12Randy BurridgeL	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
13Ken LinsemanC	1	0	1	+1	3	6	–	–
28Reed LarsonD	1	0	1	0	4	2	–	–
10Billy O'DwyerC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
14Geoff CourtnallL	0	0	0	0	6	4	–	–
17Nevin MarkwartL	0	0	0	−2	0	4	–	–
18Keith CrowderR	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
25Willi PlettR	0	0	0	0	1	7	–	–
29Jay MillerL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
34Lyndon ByersR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
36Dave ReidL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
42Bob SweeneyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
21Frank SimonettiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Michael ThelvenD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
26Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
41Allen PedersenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
1Rejean LemelinG	L	24	21	3	.875	59:34
31Doug KeansG		0	0	0	–	–

Hartford Whalers

Hartford Whalers skaters

10Ron FrancisC	1	2	3	+1	2	0	–	–
20John AndersonR	0	3	3	+2	2	0	–	–
11Kevin DineenR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
3Joel QuennevilleD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
5Ulf SamuelssonD	1	0	1	−1	3	4	–	–
7Stew GavinR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
12Dean EvasonC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
15Dave TippettL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
16Sylvain TurgeonL	0	0	0	−1	4	0	–	–
17Brent PetersonC	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
23Paul MacdermidR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Lindsay CarsonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
32Torrie RobertsonL	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	–
33Carey WilsonC	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
0Neil SheehyD	0	0	0	+2	1	4	–	–
21Sylvain CoteD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	–	–
29Randy LadouceurD	0	0	0	0	0	6	–	–
34Mike VellucciD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Hartford Whalers goalies
Goalie
1Mike LiutG	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00
31Steve WeeksG		0	0	0	–	–