Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Thursday, April 14, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Thursday, April 14, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 31–24.
Ken Linseman scored twice. Bob Sweeney, Bob Joyce, Willi Plett, Mikael Andersson and Christian Ruuttu also scored.
Andy Moog made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Sweeney (2)Ken Linseman (5), Keith Crowder (3)1–006:28 BOS
Bob Joyce (2)Rick Middleton (2), Gord Kluzak (3)2–013:13 BOS · 
Willi Plett (1)Randy Burridge (3)3–013:40 BOS
2nd period
Mikael Andersson (1)Mike Foligno (1), Christian Ruuttu (5)3–100:44 BUF
Ken Linseman (3)Bob Sweeney (2), Gord Kluzak (4)4–112:19 BOS
3rd period
Christian Ruuttu (2)Mike Foligno (2)4–211:31 BUF- Ken Linseman (4)Ray Bourque (7)5–219:26 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSBUF
3124
0%0%
1/60/7
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00
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Penalties
- 0:20 into the first period
Gord Kluzak · cross checking2 min - 3:42 into the first periodKen Linseman · hooking2 min
- 7:00 into the first periodTom McCarthy · roughing2 min
- 7:00 into the first period
Joe Reekie · roughing2 min - 7:00 into the first periodJohn Tucker · holding2 min
- 11:18 into the first periodKeith Crowder · high sticking2 min
- 11:18 into the first periodPhil Housley · tripping2 min
- 11:18 into the first periodLindy Ruff · high sticking2 min
- 13:52 into the first periodKen Priestlay · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodGord Kluzak · slashing2 min
- 16:03 into the first periodRick Middleton · tripping2 min
- 18:16 into the first periodUwe Krupp · elbowing2 min
- 2:36 into the second periodMichael Thelven · holding2 min
- 3:09 into the second periodRay Bourque · roughing2 min
- 3:09 into the second periodJohn Tucker · roughing2 min
- 10:08 into the second periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 13:57 into the second periodJoe Reekie · elbowing2 min
- 14:41 into the third periodGlen Wesley · high sticking2 min
- 17:03 into the third periodKeith Crowder · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mikael AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 27Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |