Boston Bruins vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 18, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 on Wednesday, May 18, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Bruins 22–14.
Goals came from Wayne Gretzky, Cam Neely and Keith Acton.
Grant Fuhr made 13 saves on 14 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 20 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (10)Steve Smith (8), Jari Kurri (14)0–101:56 EDM · 
Cam Neely (8)Craig Janney (9), Gord Kluzak (8)1–113:15 BOS
3rd period
Keith Acton (2)Steve Smith (9), Kevin McClelland (2)1–201:15 EDM
Team stats
BOSEDM
1422
0%0%
0/61/4
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:01 into the first period
Cam Neely · tripping2 min - 2:10 into the first period
Esa Tikkanen · holding2 min - 4:20 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:17 into the first periodAllen Pedersen · holding2 min
- 12:17 into the first periodWilli Plett · cross checking2 min
- 12:17 into the first periodCraig Simpson · cross checking2 min
- 14:13 into the first periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 14:13 into the first periodJari Kurri · roughing2 min
- 14:13 into the first periodJari Kurri · roughing2 min
- 1:08 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:29 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · elbowing2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 2:26 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · tripping2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodRandy Gregg · high sticking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 14 | 1 | .929 |