🐻 Away Bruins 0-1 in series
4–3
Final
BOS leads 4–1
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 1-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0224
MTL 0033

Bruins at Canadiens — Second Round Game 2

Bruins, Second Round Game 2, beat Canadiens 4–3 at Bell Centre on April 20, 1988.

🗓 Wed, Apr 20, 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 🐻 BOS
Moe Lemay
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mike Mcphee
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Larry Robinson
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 Bob Sweeney Go-ahead 2nd · 03:50
Assists: Lyndon Byers, Moe Lemay
1–0
🐻 Ray Bourque 2nd · 09:07
Assists: Steve Kasper, Willi Plett
2–0
3rd period
🐻 Moe Lemay 3rd · 01:32
Assists: Keith Crowder
3–0
🇨🇦 Mike Mcphee 3rd · 09:01
Assists: Rick Green, John Kordic
3–1
🐻 Cam Neely 3rd · 09:45
Unassisted
4–1
🇨🇦 John Kordic 3rd · 12:56
Assists: Larry Robinson, Guy Carbonneau
4–2
🇨🇦 Larry Robinson 3rd · 18:07
Assists: Mike Mcphee, Brian Skrudland
4–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
14 Shots on goal 30
22 Penalty minutes 23
BOS shooting 28.6% (4/14) MTL shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Rejean Lemelin
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Brian Hayward
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 50:14 TOI
Patrick Roy
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 09:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 51-28-8 (59% win rate, 87 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 57-22-8 (66% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
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 →
Apr 18, 1988
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · Canadiens won
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

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 20, 1988?

Bruins won 4–3.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 4, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Bob Sweeney, Cam Neely, Moe Lemay, Ray Bourque.

Who scored for Canadiens?

John Kordic, Larry Robinson, Mike Mcphee.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Rejean Lemelin made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 4 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 18
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 22
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 18
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 22
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · BOS won
Also on April 20, 1988
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
5–2 final
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