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1987–88 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1987–88
year	1987
Team	Boston Bruins
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	2nd
Division	Adams
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	44–30–6
HomeRecord	24–13–3
RoadRecord	20–17–3
GoalsFor	300
GoalsAgainst	251
GeneralManager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Terry O'Reilly
Captain	Ray Bourque
Rick Middleton
AltCaptain	Keith Crowder
Arena	Boston Garden
GoalsLeader	Cam Neely (42)
AssistsLeader	Ray Bourque (64)
PointsLeader	Ray Bourque (81)
PIMLeader	Jay Miller (304)
WinsLeader	Rejean Lemelin (24)
GAALeader	Andy Moog (2.83)
ConferenceWin	Yes

Rick Middleton The 1987–88 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 64th season. The season involved participating in the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals.

Off-season

NHL draft

Boston's draft picks at the 1987 NHL entry draft held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	3	Glen Wesley	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
1	14	Stephane Quintal	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
3	56	Todd Lalonde	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
4	67	Darwin McPherson	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
4	77	Matt DelGuidice	United States	Saint Anselm College (ECAC East)
5	98	Ted Donato	United States	Catholic Memorial School (USHS-MA)
6	119	Matt Glennon	United States	Archbishop Williams High School (USHS-MA)
7	140	Rob Cheevers	United States	Boston College (Hockey East)
8	161	Chris Winnes	United States	Northwood School (USHS-NY)
9	182	Paul Ohman	United States	St. John's School (USHS-MA)
10	203	Casey Jones	United States	Cornell University (ECAC)
11	224	Eric LeMarque	United States	Northern Michigan University (WCHA)
12	245	Sean Gorman	United States	Matignon High School (USHS-MA)
[S2](1987-nhl-supplemental-draft)	15	Mike Jeffrey	Canada	Northern Michigan University (WCHA)

Regular season

The season will forever be remembered when on the night Phil Esposito's number 7 would retire, captain Ray Bourque went from wearing uniform number 7 to wearing uniform number 77. Bourque would wear that number until the end of his career. This occurred on December 3, 1987. As for the game, the Bruins beat the New York Rangers 4–3, in which Esposito was the General Manager.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 8, 1987||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1987–88) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 10, 1987||5–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 11, 1987||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1987–88) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 15, 1987||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) ||3–1–0 |- |5||L||October 17, 1987||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) ||3–2–0 |- |6||W||October 18, 1987||6–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1987–88) ||4–2–0 |- |7||W||October 21, 1987||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) ||5–2–0 |- |8||L||October 24, 1987||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) ||5–3–0 |- |9||L||October 29, 1987||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) ||5–4–0 |- |10||T||October 31, 1987||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) ||5–4–1

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Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
D	78	17	64	81	72	34	7	1	5
C	77	29	45	74	167	36	7	0	5
C	79	26	44	70	35	-1	9	3	5
RW	69	42	27	69	175	30	11	0	3
LW	62	32	26	58	108	24	8	0	4
LW	79	27	28	55	105	0	5	3	3
C/RW	80	22	23	45	73	11	6	0	7
RW	68	17	26	43	173	14	6	0	3
D	79	7	30	37	69	21	1	2	0
D	66	6	31	37	135	18	0	1	0
D	62	10	24	34	93	3	5	1	1
RW	59	13	19	32	11	3	2	3	1
D	67	6	25	31	57	12	1	0	1
RW	53	10	14	24	236	10	0	0	2
LW	78	7	12	19	304	-5	0	0	1
C	77	7	10	17	83	-3	1	0	1
C	15	7	9	16	0	6	1	0	1
LW	25	1	12	13	85	4	0	0	0
LW	15	7	5	12	10	4	2	0	0
LW	7	2	5	7	6	3	1	0	0
D	78	0	6	6	90	6	0	0	0
RW	65	2	3	5	170	-10	1	0	0
D	30	2	3	5	19	1	0	0	1
C	9	1	3	4	6	0	0	0	0
G	30	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
D	19	0	1	1	70	-5	0	0	0
D	6	0	1	1	21	1	0	0	0
LW	4	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0
D	3	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
LW	7	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0
RW	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
LW	7	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
G	49	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
RW	3	0	0	0	15	-1	0	0	0
G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	2,828	49	24	17	6	138	2.93	3	1,244	1,106	.889
	1,660	30	16	11	0	90	3.25	1	751	661	.880
	360	6	4	2	0	17	2.83	1	181	164	.906
Team:	4,848	80	44	30	6	245	3.03	5	2,176	1,931	.887

Playoffs

;Scoring

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	23	11	14	25	56	4	4	1	0
D	23	3	18	21	26	16	0	0	1
RW	23	9	8	17	51	1	2	0	2
C	23	6	10	16	11	-1	4	0	1
LW	23	8	6	14	18	-2	3	0	1
C/RW	23	6	8	14	66	9	1	1	1
D	23	6	8	14	22	5	4	1	0
C	23	7	6	13	10	9	0	1	0
D	23	4	8	12	59	6	0	1	1
RW	23	3	9	12	44	0	1	0	0
LW	23	2	10	12	16	9	0	0	0
RW	19	5	5	10	4	4	0	1	3
LW	13	3	4	7	18	0	0	0	0
LW	15	4	2	6	32	1	0	0	0
D	21	3	3	6	26	4	1	0	0
RW	17	2	4	6	74	5	0	0	1
RW	11	1	2	3	62	1	0	0	0
D	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	1	0	1	42	4	0	0	1
D	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
RW	3	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
D	8	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0
G	17	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
LW	12	0	0	0	124	2	0	0	0
G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
D	21	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0

;Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
	1027	17	11	6	45	2.63	1	430	385	.895
	354	7	1	4	25	4.24	0	166	141	.849
Team:	1,381	22	12	10	70	3.04	1	596	526	.883

Playoffs

Adams Division semifinals

Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins were led by team co-captains Ray Bourque, Rick Middleton and the goaltending duo of Rejean Lemelin and the newly acquired Andy Moog. The Buffalo Sabres returned to the playoffs thanks to added depth provided by rookie Ray Sheppard.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
April 6	Buffalo	3	Boston	7
April 7	Buffalo	1	Boston	4
April 9	Boston	2	Buffalo	6
April 10	Boston	5	Buffalo	6
April 12	Buffalo	4	Boston	5
April 14	Boston	5	Buffalo	2

Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–2.

Adams Division finals

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

The Wales Conference's two best teams, and the NHL's two best defensive teams, met in this series with equal rest time. The Habs had beaten Boston in the Adams Division Semi-finals four years in a row, sweeping the Bruins in three of the past four seasons, and beating them 3–2 in a best-of-five the other year. This time, the Bruins' defence would wear down Montreal, as Ken Linseman, Ray Bourque and Cam Neely provided the offence to finally conquer the Canadiens. It was the first Bruins' playoff series win over the Habs in 44 seasons.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
April 18	Boston	1	Montreal	5
April 20	Boston	4	Montreal	3
April 22	Montreal	1	Boston	3
April 24	Montreal	0	Boston	2
April 26	Boston	4	Montreal	1

Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–1.

Prince of Wales Conference finals

New Jersey Devils vs. Boston Bruins

The Devils would take Boston to the limit, but their offense could not compete with the Bruins, who would make their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals since consecutive appearances in 1976–77 and 1977–78.

This series would also have the infamous confrontation between Devils head coach Jim Schoenfeld and referee Don Koharski after Game 3, when, during an argument in the tunnel after the game, Koharski tripped and fell, accusing Schoenfield of pushing him. Schoenfield famously responded, "You tripped and fell you fat pig!" He then yelled, "Have another doughnut! Have another doughnut!" The incident was played repeatedly on ESPN and has become part of NHL lore.

Schonefeld was suspended by NHL president John Ziegler for Game 4, but the Devils received an injunction from a New Jersey court, allowing Schoenfeld to coach the fourth game. In protest, the officials scheduled to work that game in the Meadlowands refused to take the ice, forcing the NHL to scramble for amateur officials to call the contest. The injunction was lifted and Schoenfeld served his suspension during Game 5 in the Boston Garden.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	OT
May 2	New Jersey	3	Boston	5
May 4	New Jersey	3	Boston	2	(OT)
May 6	Boston	6	New Jersey	1
May 8	Boston	1	New Jersey	3
May 10	New Jersey	1	Boston	7
May 12	Boston	3	New Jersey	6
May 14	New Jersey	2	Boston	6

Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–3.

Stanley Cup Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Edmonton Oilers

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 18	Boston Bruins	1	Edmonton Oilers	2
May 20	Boston Bruins	2	Edmonton Oilers	4
May 22	Edmonton Oilers	6	Boston Bruins	3
May 24	Edmonton Oilers	3	Boston Bruins	3	Game suspended at 16:33 of 2nd due to power failure.
May 26	Boston Bruins	3	Edmonton Oilers	6

Edmonton wins best-of-seven series 4–0–1.

Awards and records

James Norris Memorial Trophy: || Ray Bourque
Ray Bourque, NHL First Team All-Star
Cam Neely, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

References

"1987-88 Boston Bruins Schedule".
"1987-88 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 237, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, {{ISBN. 0-920445-98-5.

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