🐻 Away Bruins 0-0 in series
2–5
Final
BOS leads 4–1
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0112
MTL 2215

Bruins at Canadiens — Second Round Game 1

Canadiens, Second Round Game 1, beat Bruins 5–2 at Bell Centre on April 18, 1988.

🗓 Mon, Apr 18, 1988 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1987-88 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

BOS vs MTL · BOS leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
2–5
Final · MTL
Game 2
4–3
Final · BOS
Game 3
1–3
Final · BOS
Game 4
0–2
Final · BOS
Game 5
4–1
Final · BOS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Claude Lemieux
2 G
3 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brian Skrudland
2 A
1 shots · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Bobby Smith
2 A
1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Kjell Dahlin Go-ahead 1st · 03:33
Assists: Gilles Thibaudeau, John Kordic
0–1
🇨🇦 Mike Mcphee SH 1st · 08:52
Assists: Chris Chelios, Brian Skrudland
0–2
2nd period
🇨🇦 Claude Lemieux 2nd · 05:17
Assists: Bobby Smith, Petr Svoboda
0–3
🇨🇦 Claude Lemieux 2nd · 15:43
Assists: Sergio Momesso, Bobby Smith
0–4
🐻 Bob Joyce 2nd · 16:47
Unassisted
1–4
3rd period
🐻 Randy Burridge 3rd · 07:05
Assists: Reed Larson
2–4
🇨🇦 Stephane Richer 3rd · 14:39
Assists: Brian Skrudland, Petr Svoboda
2–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
22 Shots on goal 29
19 Penalty minutes 27
BOS shooting 9.1% (2/22) MTL shooting 17.2% (5/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Andy Moog
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Brian Hayward
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–4
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 31, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · Canadiens won
Feb 17, 1988
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · Canadiens won
Feb 4, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–7 · Bruins won
Jan 14, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–3 · Bruins won
Jan 13, 1988
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · Canadiens won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 18, 1988?

Canadiens won 5–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 2, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bob Joyce, Randy Burridge.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Claude Lemieux (2), Kjell Dahlin, Mike Mcphee, Stephane Richer.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

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
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Apr 14
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
5–2 · BOS won
Next game · Apr 20
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 14
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
2–1 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 20
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · BOS won
Also on April 18, 1988
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
1–3 final
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