4–5

Final

BOS leads 4–2

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	0	2	2	4
BOS	2	0	3	5

Sabres at Bruins — First Round Game 5

Bruins, First Round Game 5, beat Sabres 5–4 at TD Garden on April 12, 1988.

🗓 Tue, Apr 12, 1988 · 18:30 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1987-88 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

BUF vs BOS · BOS leads 4–2 Full series →

Game 5

4–5

Final · BOS

Game 6

5–2

Final · BOS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Rick Middleton

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · +3

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Ken Linseman

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +1

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Steve Kasper

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Steve Kasper Go-ahead 1st · 01:58

Assists: Randy Burridge, Rick Middleton

0–1

🐻 Rick Middleton SH 1st · 12:28

Assists: Ken Linseman, John Blum

0–2

2nd period

⚔️ Christian Ruuttu PP 2nd · 00:54

Assists: Ray Sheppard

1–2

⚔️ Dave Andreychuk PP Tying 2nd · 06:42

Unassisted

2–2

3rd period

🐻 Ken Linseman Go-ahead 3rd · 01:10

Assists: Ray Bourque, Gord Kluzak

2–3

🐻 Tom McCarthy 3rd · 06:05

Assists: Bob Sweeney

2–4

⚔️ John Tucker 3rd · 11:13

Assists: Mark Napier, Mike Ramsey

3–4

🐻 Rick Middleton 3rd · 14:16

Assists: Steve Kasper, Randy Burridge

3–5

⚔️ Ray Sheppard PP 3rd · 16:58

Assists: Phil Housley, Mike Ramsey

4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF BOS🐻

22 Shots on goal 32

3/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

14 Penalty minutes 12

BUF shooting 18.2% (4/22) BOS shooting 15.6% (5/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Daren Puppa

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 58:54 TOI

🐻Bruins

Rejean Lemelin

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–2

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 43-33-8 (51% win rate, 84 games)

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 49-27-8 (58% win rate, 84 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →

Apr 10, 1988

🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF

5–6 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs BOS, answered

Who won Sabres vs Bruins on April 12, 1988?

Bruins won 5–4.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Bruins?

The final score was Sabres 4, Bruins 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Christian Ruuttu, Dave Andreychuk, John Tucker, Ray Sheppard.

Who scored for Bruins?

Rick Middleton (2), Ken Linseman, Steve Kasper, Tom McCarthy.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Daren Puppa made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Rejean Lemelin made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

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