New Jersey Devils vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, March 5, 1988 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Boston Bruins 7–6 in overtime on Saturday, March 5, 1988 at Boston Garden. The Devils outshot the Bruins 36–23.
Bob Joyce scored twice, Andy Brickley scored twice and Jack O'Callahan scored twice. Doug Brown, Glen Wesley, Cam Neely, Joe Cirella, Randy Burridge, Pat Verbeek and Geoff Courtnall also scored.
Sean Burke made 17 saves on 23 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 11 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Brown (11)Aaron Broten (46), Craig Wolanin (21)1–007:15 NJD
Glen Wesley (5)Michael Thelven (21), Steve Kasper (41)1–108:08 BOS · 
Bob Joyce (1)Bob Sweeney (15), Lyndon Byers (10)1–210:03 BOS
Cam Neely (37)Reed Larson (23)1–310:29 BOS
Andy Brickley (6)Tom Kurvers (19), Craig Wolanin (22)2–319:32 NJD ·
2nd period
Joe Cirella (6)Patrik Sundstrom (29)3–302:18 NJD
Randy Burridge (26)Steve Kasper (42)3–403:44 BOS
Pat Verbeek (37)Unassisted4–416:05 NJD
3rd period
Jack O'Callahan (4)Unassisted5–401:31 NJD- Bob Joyce (2)Ken Linseman (40), Lyndon Byers (11)5–504:52 BOS
Geoff Courtnall (32)Ray Bourque (58), Ken Linseman (41)5–614:01 BOS · - Jack O'Callahan (5)Pat Verbeek (25), Aaron Broten (47)6–618:07 NJD
Overtime
- Andy Brickley (7)John MacLean (15), Patrik Sundstrom (30)7–600:47 NJD
Team stats
NJDBOS
3623
0%0%
1/42/5
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:07 into the first period
John Blum · holding2 min - 5:05 into the first period
Craig Wolanin · hooking2 min - 6:46 into the first periodKen Linseman · slashing2 min
- 6:46 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 7:21 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · elbowing2 min
- 11:21 into the first periodLyndon Byers · fighting5 min
- 11:21 into the first periodDavid Maley · fighting5 min
- 17:52 into the first periodNevin Markwart · holding2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 13:58 into the second periodKirk Muller · holding2 min
- 5:48 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · holding2 min
- 9:09 into the third periodKen Linseman · cross checking2 min
- 9:09 into the third periodMark Johnson · cross checking2 min
- 10:22 into the third periodNevin Markwart · roughing2 min
- 10:22 into the third periodTom Kurvers · roughing2 min
- 10:22 into the third periodKirk Muller · holding2 min
- 13:55 into the third periodPerry Anderson · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 23 | 5 | .783 | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 13 | 2 | .846 |