Hartford Whalers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, February 25, 1988 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Thursday, February 25, 1988 at Boston Garden. The Whalers outshot the Bruins 38–29.
Michael Thelven scored twice and Randy Burridge scored twice. Bob Sweeney, Sylvain Turgeon and Carey Wilson also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Sweeney (19)Geoff Courtnall (25), Michael Thelven (19)0–105:52 BOS
Sylvain Turgeon (20)Dean Evason (14), Paul Macdermid (9)1–113:21 HFD
Michael Thelven (5)Nevin Markwart (7)1–217:33 BOS
2nd period
- Michael Thelven (6)Jay Miller (10), Nevin Markwart (8)1–310:28 BOS
Randy Burridge (24)Cam Neely (22), Ray Bourque (52)1–412:25 BOS
3rd period
Carey Wilson (17)Stew Gavin (8), Kevin Dineen (18)2–416:39 HFD · - Randy Burridge (25)Unassisted2–519:43 BOS · ·
Team stats
HFDBOS
3829
0%0%
0/80/5
4247
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:36 into the first period
Ray Bourque · high sticking2 min - 3:36 into the first period
Paul Macdermid · elbowing2 min - 7:28 into the first periodJay Miller · roughing2 min
- 7:28 into the first periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 13:58 into the first periodSylvain Cote · hooking2 min
- 14:04 into the first periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 14:04 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 15:35 into the first periodDean Evason · slashing2 min
- 16:50 into the first periodCam Neely · boarding2 min
- 18:34 into the first periodRay Bourque · high sticking2 min
- 5:02 into the second periodWilli Plett · high sticking2 min
- 5:02 into the second periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 5:02 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · high sticking2 min
- 5:02 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 5:49 into the second periodKen Linseman · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodKevin Dineen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodAllen Pedersen · hooking2 min
- 17:48 into the second periodKen Linseman · holding2 min
- 17:48 into the second periodKen Linseman · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodReed Larson · hooking2 min
- 7:07 into the third periodSteve Kasper · high sticking2 min
- 7:58 into the third periodCarey Wilson · hooking2 min
- 12:59 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · misconduct10 min
- 12:59 into the third periodDean Evason · misconduct10 min
- 14:34 into the third periodNevin Markwart · high sticking2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodNevin Markwart · roughing2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodNevin Markwart · roughing2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodMike Vellucci · instigator2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodMike Vellucci · fighting5 min
- 18:38 into the third periodKeith Crowder · interference2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 0Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 34Mike VellucciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |