Boston Bruins vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena

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6–2

Final

SOG 23–31

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the New Jersey Devils 6-2 on Thursday, December 29, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Bruins 31-23.

Goals came from Steve Kasper, Ken Linseman, Tom Kurvers, Randy Burridge, Cam Neely, Glen Wesley, Tommy Albelin and Greg Hawgood.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BOS	2	1	3	6	23
NJD	0	1	1	2	31

Scoring

1st period

Steve Kasper (8)Garry Galley (11)1–006:31 BOS
Ken Linseman (10)Bob Joyce (17), Garry Galley (12)2–017:08 BOS · PPG

2nd period

Tom Kurvers (10)Kirk Muller (14), Anders Carlsson (3)2–106:10 NJD
Randy Burridge (11)Unassisted3–119:26 BOS

3rd period

Cam Neely (11)John Carter (2)4–100:23 BOS
Glen Wesley (10)Unassisted5–108:28 BOS
Tommy Albelin (3)Aaron Broten (18), Mark Johnson (18)5–208:53 NJD
Greg Hawgood (5)Randy Burridge (10), Ken Linseman (20)6–216:04 BOS · PPG

Team stats

BOSNJD

23Shots on goal31

0%Faceoff %0%

2/8Power play0/9

44Penalty minutes46

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 01:53Perry Anderson · interference2 min
1st 12:22Randy Velischek · holding2 min
1st 14:16Ken Linseman · tripping2 min
1st 15:39Jim Korn · interference2 min
1st 18:21Jack O'Callahan · slashing2 min
1st 18:29Bob Joyce · roughing2 min
1st 18:29Claude Loiselle · roughing2 min
1st 19:31Alain Cote · high sticking2 min
1st 19:51John MacLean · holding2 min
2nd 05:28Ken Linseman · roughing2 min
2nd 05:28Perry Anderson · roughing2 min
2nd 06:43Stephane Quintal · holding2 min
2nd 06:43David Maley · roughing2 min
2nd 07:35Greg Hawgood · roughing2 min
2nd 07:35Perry Anderson · roughing2 min
2nd 07:57Keith Crowder · roughing2 min
2nd 07:57Keith Crowder · misconduct10 min
2nd 07:57Jim Korn · roughing2 min
2nd 07:57Jim Korn · misconduct10 min
2nd 08:45Ken Linseman · slashing2 min
2nd 08:45Pat Verbeek · roughing2 min
2nd 14:55Garry Galley · tripping2 min
2nd 15:30Pat Verbeek · interference2 min
3rd 05:13Greg Hawgood · high sticking2 min
3rd 05:13Greg Hawgood · high sticking2 min
3rd 05:13Perry Anderson · high sticking2 min
3rd 05:13Perry Anderson · high sticking2 min
3rd 07:18Jim Korn · roughing2 min
3rd 07:35Keith Crowder · slashing2 min
3rd 09:04Greg Johnston · high sticking2 min
3rd 10:12Ken Linseman · illegal stick2 min
3rd 11:56Don Sweeney · cross checking2 min
3rd 12:01Aaron Broten · hooking2 min
3rd 16:00Jim Korn · cross checking2 min
3rd 16:00Jim Korn · roughing2 min
3rd 17:10Ken Linseman · tripping2 min
3rd 18:49Steve Kasper · cross checking2 min

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