🐻 Away Bruins 3-1 in series
4–1
Final
BOS leads 4–1
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 1-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 2114
MTL 0101

Bruins at Canadiens — Second Round Game 5

Bruins, Second Round Game 5, beat Canadiens 4–1 at Bell Centre on April 26, 1988.

🗓 Tue, Apr 26, 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
Cam Neely
2 G
5 shots · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Steve Kasper
2 G
3 shots · +2
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Randy Burridge
2 A
+2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Steve Kasper Go-ahead 1st · 10:20
Assists: Randy Burridge, Willi Plett
1–0
🐻 Cam Neely 1st · 14:09
Unassisted
2–0
2nd period
🐻 Steve Kasper 2nd · 10:02
Assists: Randy Burridge
3–0
🇨🇦 John Kordic 2nd · 14:35
Assists: Gilles Thibaudeau, Kjell Dahlin
3–1
3rd period
🐻 Cam Neely 3rd · 04:06
Assists: Bob Sweeney, Gord Kluzak
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦
28 Shots on goal 29
26 Penalty minutes 30
BOS shooting 14.3% (4/28) MTL shooting 3.4% (1/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Rejean Lemelin
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–1
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 24, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
0–2 · Bruins won
Apr 22, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
1–3 · Bruins won
Apr 20, 1988
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · Bruins won
Apr 18, 1988
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · Canadiens won
Mar 31, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · Canadiens won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 26, 1988?

Bruins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 4, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Cam Neely (2), Steve Kasper (2).

Who scored for Canadiens?

John Kordic.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Rejean Lemelin made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy 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 24
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
0–2 · BOS won
Next game · May 2
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
3–5 · BOS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 24
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
0–2 · BOS won
Next game · Oct 6
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
Also on April 26, 1988
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
3–1 final
Bruins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule