🏝️ Away Islanders 43-30-6 before this game

2–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	1	1	2
BOS	1	2	0	3

Islanders at Bruins

Bruins beat Islanders 3–2 at TD Garden on April 3, 1988.

🗓 Sun, Apr 3, 1988 · 18:00 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1987-88 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Tom McCarthy

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +1

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Keith Crowder

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Ken Linseman

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Tom McCarthy PP Go-ahead 1st · 01:30

Assists: Keith Crowder, Ken Linseman

0–1

2nd period

🏝️ Alan Kerr PP Tying 2nd · 01:11

Assists: Steve Konroyd

1–1

🐻 Ken Linseman Go-ahead 2nd · 06:22

Assists: Ray Bourque, Bob Sweeney

1–2

🐻 Keith Crowder 2nd · 14:20

Assists: Tom McCarthy, Ray Bourque

1–3

3rd period

🏝️ Randy Wood 3rd · 08:42

Assists: Brad Dalgarno, Brad Lauer

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BOS🐻

25 Shots on goal 21

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

20 Penalty minutes 16

NYI shooting 8.0% (2/25) BOS shooting 14.3% (3/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:46 TOI

🐻Bruins

Rejean Lemelin

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

6–5 (OT) · Islanders won

Mar 3, 1987

🐻BOS @ 🏝️NYI

4–4 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ NYI vs BOS, answered

Who won Islanders vs Bruins on April 3, 1988?

Bruins won 3–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Bruins?

The final score was Islanders 2, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Islanders?

Alan Kerr, Randy Wood.

Who scored for Bruins?

Keith Crowder, Ken Linseman, Tom McCarthy.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Rejean Lemelin made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Bruins season series?

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Apr 2

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Apr 2

Also on April 3, 1988

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