Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 21, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 on Wednesday, December 21, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 25–22.
John Carter scored twice. Ron Francis, Ray Ferraro, Cam Neely, Randy Burridge and Tom Martin also scored.
Andy Moog made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
John Carter (1)Unassisted1–002:09 BOS
Ron Francis (12)Dave Babych (13), Scott Young (21)1–105:14 HFD · 
Ray Ferraro (15)Dave Tippett (12), Joel Quenneville (3)1–210:10 HFD- John Carter (2)Glen Wesley (14)2–219:49 BOS ·
2nd period
Cam Neely (10)Jay Miller (4)3–210:23 BOS
Randy Burridge (10)Ken Linseman (19)4–215:05 BOS ·
3rd period
Tom Martin (6)Scott Young (22), Ron Francis (23)4–319:29 HFD
Team stats
BOSHFD
2522
0%0%
1/81/8
2222
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:15 into the first period
Steve Kasper · hooking2 min - 6:57 into the first period
Sylvain Cote · interference2 min - 7:30 into the first periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 7:30 into the first periodGrant Jennings · roughing2 min
- 10:32 into the first periodPaul Macdermid · holding2 min
- 11:26 into the first periodMichael Thelven · holding2 min
- 12:57 into the first periodGlen Wesley · cross checking2 min
- 15:32 into the first periodJohn Carter · holding2 min
- 18:59 into the first periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 0:24 into the second periodKevin Dineen · holding2 min
- 4:02 into the second periodCarey Wilson · holding2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodGrant Jennings · roughing2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodGrant Jennings · roughing2 min
- 12:33 into the second periodGarry Galley · hooking2 min
- 13:30 into the second periodGreg Hawgood · holding2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodMark Reeds · slashing2 min
- 19:01 into the second periodGreg Hawgood · roughing2 min
- 19:01 into the second periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodCam Neely · high sticking2 min
- 14:27 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · holding2 min
- 15:23 into the third periodGlen Wesley · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 31John CarterL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 37Paul GuayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 43Ray PodloskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33Alain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 40Allan TuerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |