Edmonton Oilers vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Thursday, December 15, 1988 · Boston Garden

EdmontonOilersAway

3–4

Final/OT

SOG 35–27

BostonBruinsHome

Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, December 15, 1988 at Boston Garden. The Oilers outshot the Bruins 35-27.

Kevin McClelland scored twice and Bob Joyce scored twice. Ken Linseman, Craig Simpson and Greg Hawgood also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
EDM	0	2	1	0	3	35
BOS	1	0	2	1	4	27

Scoring

1st period

Ken Linseman (9)Glen Wesley (13), Bob Joyce (14)0–108:30 BOS · PPG

2nd period

Craig Simpson (16)Mark Messier (26), Esa Tikkanen (28)1–110:59 EDM · PPG
Kevin McClelland (1)Unassisted2–119:19 EDM

3rd period

Greg Hawgood (2)Bob Joyce (15), Bob Sweeney (9)2–202:39 BOS
Kevin McClelland (2)Greg Adams (4), Craig MacTavish (18)3–214:51 EDM
Bob Joyce (10)Cam Neely (20)3–316:02 BOS

OT period

Bob Joyce (11)Greg Hawgood (4), Ken Linseman (18)3–402:03 BOS

Team stats

EDMBOS

35Shots on goal27

0%Faceoff %0%

1/5Power play1/6

28Penalty minutes26

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 05:24Jay Miller · roughing2 min
1st 05:24Jeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
1st 06:31Randy Burridge · roughing2 min
1st 06:31Esa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
1st 07:49Craig MacTavish · interference2 min
1st 10:59Jay Miller · fighting5 min
1st 10:59Jeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
1st 11:04Lyndon Byers · instigator2 min
1st 11:04Lyndon Byers · fighting5 min
1st 11:04Glen Cochrane · fighting5 min
1st 13:54Doug Smith · tripping2 min
1st 16:38Kevin McClelland · tripping2 min
1st 20:00Ken Linseman · tripping2 min
2nd 05:59Jari Kurri · interference2 min
2nd 10:18Garry Galley · hooking2 min
2nd 13:33Steve Kasper · high sticking2 min
2nd 13:33Steve Kasper · roughing2 min
2nd 13:33Esa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
3rd 08:51Chris Joseph · cross checking2 min
3rd 11:19Lyndon Byers · interference2 min
3rd 19:55Craig Muni · holding2 min

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