Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 22, 1988 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Thursday, December 22, 1988 at Boston Garden. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 31–26.
Goals came from Alain Cote, Bobby Smith, Ryan Walter, Chris Chelios, Claude Lemieux and Glen Wesley.
Scoring
1st period
Alain Cote (1)Steve Kasper (12), Cam Neely (22)0–105:38 BOS
Bobby Smith (20)Ryan Walter (9)1–106:28 MTL · 
Ryan Walter (9)Guy Carbonneau (15), Bob Gainey (5)2–114:22 MTL
Chris Chelios (6)Bob Gainey (6), Larry Robinson (10)3–119:09 MTL
2nd period
Claude Lemieux (19)Petr Svoboda (16), Mats Naslund (28)4–113:24 MTL · 
Glen Wesley (9)Steve Kasper (13), Michael Thelven (16)4–219:00 BOS
Team stats
MTLBOS
3126
0%0%
2/40/3
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:14 into the first period
Stephane Quintal · interference2 min - 6:23 into the first periodMichael Thelven · elbowing2 min
- 8:17 into the first period
Ryan Walter · holding2 min - 11:03 into the first periodJay Miller · holding2 min
- 11:40 into the first periodShayne Corson · holding2 min
- 17:01 into the first periodChris Chelios · tripping2 min
- 17:40 into the first periodJohn Carter · cross checking2 min
- 17:40 into the first periodRick Green · slashing2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodAlain Cote · hooking2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.