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1987-88 Boston Bruins

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44-30-6 (94 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 300 goals, Allowed 251 goals, SRS: 0.59 (4th of 21)
Coached by Terry O'Reilly (44-30-6)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-0) to Edmonton Oilers
Won Conference Finals (4-3) over New Jersey Devils
Won Division Finals (4-1) over Montreal Canadiens
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-2) over Buffalo Sabres

1987-88 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 8, 1987 Washington Capitals W 4 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 10, 1987 @ Quebec Nordiques L OT 5 6 1 1 0 L 1
3 Sun, Oct 11, 1987 Hartford Whalers W 5 2 2 1 0 W 1
4 Thu, Oct 15, 1987 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 2 3 1 0 W 2
5 Sat, Oct 17, 1987 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 4 3 2 0 L 1
6 Sun, Oct 18, 1987 @ Calgary Flames W OT 6 5 4 2 0 W 1
7 Wed, Oct 21, 1987 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 4 5 2 0 W 2
8 Sat, Oct 24, 1987 @ St. Louis Blues L 0 4 5 3 0 L 1
9 Thu, Oct 29, 1987 Quebec Nordiques L 2 4 5 4 0 L 2
10 Sat, Oct 31, 1987 @ Montreal Canadiens T OT 3 3 5 4 1 T 1
11 Sun, Nov 1, 1987 New York Islanders L OT 5 6 5 5 1 L 1
12 Wed, Nov 4, 1987 @ Hartford Whalers T OT 2 2 5 5 2 T 1
13 Thu, Nov 5, 1987 Toronto Maple Leafs L 6 7 5 6 2 L 1
14 Sat, Nov 7, 1987 Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 1 6 6 2 W 1
15 Mon, Nov 9, 1987 @ Quebec Nordiques L 4 6 6 7 2 L 1
16 Wed, Nov 11, 1987 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 2 7 7 2 W 1
17 Thu, Nov 12, 1987 Montreal Canadiens W 3 2 8 7 2 W 2
18 Sat, Nov 14, 1987 Hartford Whalers W 4 1 9 7 2 W 3
19 Tue, Nov 17, 1987 @ Calgary Flames W 6 3 10 7 2 W 4
20 Wed, Nov 18, 1987 @ Winnipeg Jets W 4 3 11 7 2 W 5
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 21, 1987 @ Minnesota North Stars W 7 5 12 7 2 W 6
22 Sun, Nov 22, 1987 @ Detroit Red Wings W 1 0 13 7 2 W 7
23 Wed, Nov 25, 1987 @ Washington Capitals L 1 4 13 8 2 L 1
24 Thu, Nov 26, 1987 Winnipeg Jets W 5 3 14 8 2 W 1
25 Sat, Nov 28, 1987 Detroit Red Wings L OT 2 3 14 9 2 L 1
26 Mon, Nov 30, 1987 @ Montreal Canadiens L 4 6 14 10 2 L 2
27 Wed, Dec 2, 1987 @ Hartford Whalers W 5 3 15 10 2 W 1
28 Thu, Dec 3, 1987 New York Rangers W 4 3 16 10 2 W 2
29 Sat, Dec 5, 1987 Chicago Blackhawks W 7 3 17 10 2 W 3
30 Tue, Dec 8, 1987 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 17 11 2 L 1
31 Thu, Dec 10, 1987 Los Angeles Kings W 4 3 18 11 2 W 1
32 Sat, Dec 12, 1987 Buffalo Sabres T OT 3 3 18 11 3 T 1
33 Thu, Dec 17, 1987 Vancouver Canucks W OT 3 2 19 11 3 W 1
34 Sat, Dec 19, 1987 St. Louis Blues L 5 7 19 12 3 L 1
35 Sun, Dec 20, 1987 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 4 2 20 12 3 W 1
36 Tue, Dec 22, 1987 Buffalo Sabres W 9 0 21 12 3 W 2
37 Sat, Dec 26, 1987 @ New York Islanders L 1 2 21 13 3 L 1
38 Sun, Dec 27, 1987 @ New York Rangers L 1 4 21 14 3 L 2
39 Tue, Dec 29, 1987 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T OT 4 4 21 14 4 T 1
40 Thu, Dec 31, 1987 @ Buffalo Sabres W 2 0 22 14 4 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 2, 1988 Quebec Nordiques W 5 1 23 14 4 W 2
42 Mon, Jan 4, 1988 Edmonton Oilers T OT 2 2 23 14 5 T 1
43 Thu, Jan 7, 1988 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 2 24 14 5 W 1
44 Sat, Jan 9, 1988 @ St. Louis Blues W OT 2 1 25 14 5 W 2
45 Mon, Jan 11, 1988 Hartford Whalers L 3 4 25 15 5 L 1
46 Wed, Jan 13, 1988 @ Montreal Canadiens L 4 5 25 16 5 L 2
47 Thu, Jan 14, 1988 Montreal Canadiens W 3 2 26 16 5 W 1
48 Sat, Jan 16, 1988 Buffalo Sabres W 5 1 27 16 5 W 2
49 Wed, Jan 20, 1988 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 5 27 17 5 L 1
50 Thu, Jan 21, 1988 Minnesota North Stars W 6 1 28 17 5 W 1
51 Sat, Jan 23, 1988 Philadelphia Flyers L 4 6 28 18 5 L 1
52 Thu, Jan 28, 1988 Quebec Nordiques W 3 0 29 18 5 W 1
53 Sat, Jan 30, 1988 New York Rangers L 2 4 29 19 5 L 1
54 Mon, Feb 1, 1988 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 5 3 30 19 5 W 1
55 Thu, Feb 4, 1988 Montreal Canadiens W 7 3 31 19 5 W 2
56 Sat, Feb 6, 1988 @ Quebec Nordiques W 3 2 32 19 5 W 3
57 Sun, Feb 7, 1988 New Jersey Devils W 6 3 33 19 5 W 4
58 Fri, Feb 12, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers W 7 4 34 19 5 W 5
59 Sat, Feb 13, 1988 @ Vancouver Canucks L 5 6 34 20 5 L 1
60 Wed, Feb 17, 1988 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 3 34 21 5 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Feb 21, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils W 4 1 35 21 5 W 1
62 Tue, Feb 23, 1988 @ Hartford Whalers L 2 3 35 22 5 L 1
63 Thu, Feb 25, 1988 Hartford Whalers W 5 2 36 22 5 W 1
64 Sat, Feb 27, 1988 Minnesota North Stars W 7 4 37 22 5 W 2
65 Thu, Mar 3, 1988 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 3 38 22 5 W 3
66 Sat, Mar 5, 1988 New Jersey Devils L OT 6 7 38 23 5 L 1
67 Sun, Mar 6, 1988 @ Buffalo Sabres L 0 3 38 24 5 L 2
68 Tue, Mar 8, 1988 @ Detroit Red Wings L 0 2 38 25 5 L 3
69 Thu, Mar 10, 1988 Los Angeles Kings T OT 3 3 38 25 6 T 1
70 Sat, Mar 12, 1988 @ Quebec Nordiques W 4 3 39 25 6 W 1
71 Sun, Mar 13, 1988 Washington Capitals L 0 3 39 26 6 L 1
72 Thu, Mar 17, 1988 Calgary Flames L 5 7 39 27 6 L 2
73 Sat, Mar 19, 1988 Buffalo Sabres L 3 4 39 28 6 L 3
74 Sun, Mar 20, 1988 @ Buffalo Sabres W 6 2 40 28 6 W 1
75 Tue, Mar 22, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 3 0 41 28 6 W 2
76 Thu, Mar 24, 1988 Winnipeg Jets W OT 4 3 42 28 6 W 3
77 Sat, Mar 26, 1988 Quebec Nordiques W 6 2 43 28 6 W 4
78 Thu, Mar 31, 1988 Montreal Canadiens L 1 3 43 29 6 L 1
79 Sat, Apr 2, 1988 @ Hartford Whalers L 2 4 43 30 6 L 2
80 Sun, Apr 3, 1988 New York Islanders W 3 2 44 30 6 W 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 6, 1988 Buffalo Sabres W 7 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 7, 1988 Buffalo Sabres W 4 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 9, 1988 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 6 2 1 0 L 1
4 Sun, Apr 10, 1988 @ Buffalo Sabres L OT 5 6 2 2 0 L 2
5 Tue, Apr 12, 1988 Buffalo Sabres W 5 4 3 2 0 W 1
6 Thu, Apr 14, 1988 @ Buffalo Sabres W 5 2 4 2 0 W 2
7 Mon, Apr 18, 1988 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 5 4 3 0 L 1
8 Wed, Apr 20, 1988 @ Montreal Canadiens W 4 3 5 3 0 W 1
9 Fri, Apr 22, 1988 Montreal Canadiens W 3 1 6 3 0 W 2
10 Sun, Apr 24, 1988 Montreal Canadiens W 2 0 7 3 0 W 3
11 Tue, Apr 26, 1988 @ Montreal Canadiens W 4 1 8 3 0 W 4
12 Mon, May 2, 1988 New Jersey Devils W 5 3 9 3 0 W 5
13 Wed, May 4, 1988 New Jersey Devils L OT 2 3 9 4 0 L 1
14 Fri, May 6, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils W 6 1 10 4 0 W 1
15 Sun, May 8, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils L 1 3 10 5 0 L 1
16 Tue, May 10, 1988 New Jersey Devils W 7 1 11 5 0 W 1
17 Thu, May 12, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils L 3 6 11 6 0 L 1
18 Sat, May 14, 1988 New Jersey Devils W 6 2 12 6 0 W 1
19 Wed, May 18, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers L 1 2 12 7 0 L 1
20 Fri, May 20, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 4 12 8 0 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sun, May 22, 1988 Edmonton Oilers L 3 6 12 9 0 L 3
22 Tue, May 24, 1988 Edmonton Oilers T 3 3 12 9 1 T 1 Game suspended at 16:37 of 2nd period due to power failure
23 Thu, May 26, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 6 12 10 1 L 1