🐻 Away Bruins 1-1 in series
6–1
Final
BOS leads 4–3
😈 Home Devils 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
BOS 0516
NJD 0101

Bruins at Devils — Conference Finals Game 3

Bruins, Conference Finals Game 3, beat Devils 6–1 at Prudential Center on May 6, 1988.

🗓 Fri, May 6, 1988 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Prudential Center, Newark 🏒 1987-88 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Conference Finals — Best of 7

NJD vs BOS · BOS leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–5
Final · BOS
Game 2
3–2
OT · NJD
Game 3
6–1
Final · BOS
Game 4
1–3
Final · NJD
Game 5
1–7
Final · BOS
Game 6
3–6
Final · NJD
Game 7
2–6
Final · BOS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Ken Linseman
2 G, 2 A
3 shots · +3
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Ray Bourque
3 A
3 shots · +3
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Gord Kluzak
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 Ken Linseman PP Go-ahead 2nd · 01:05
Assists: Ray Bourque
1–0
🐻 Bob Joyce PP 2nd · 02:03
Assists: Gord Kluzak, Ray Bourque
2–0
🐻 Lyndon Byers 2nd · 02:18
Assists: Steve Kasper, Ray Bourque
3–0
🐻 Gord Kluzak 2nd · 10:52
Assists: Steve Kasper, Ken Linseman
4–0
😈 Brendan Shanahan PP 2nd · 14:58
Assists: Ken Daneyko, Patrik Sundstrom
4–1
🐻 Ken Linseman 2nd · 17:05
Assists: Keith Crowder
5–1
3rd period
🐻 Tom McCarthy 3rd · 13:05
Assists: Ken Linseman, Rejean Lemelin
6–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS NJD😈
31 Shots on goal 24
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
70 Penalty minutes 72
BOS shooting 19.4% (6/31) NJD shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Rejean Lemelin
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
😈Devils
Sean Burke
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 22:18 TOI
Bob Sauve
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 37:42 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 56-28-9 (60% win rate, 93 games)
Devils
Devils — tied after 1st: 52-38-5 (55% win rate, 95 games)
After 2nd — 5–1
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
Devils
Devils: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 4, 1988
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
3–2 (OT) · Devils won
May 2, 1988
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
3–5 · Bruins won
Mar 5, 1988
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
7–6 (OT) · Devils won
Feb 21, 1988
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
4–1 · Bruins won
Feb 7, 1988
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
3–6 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs NJD, answered

Who won Bruins vs Devils on May 6, 1988?

Bruins won 6–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Devils?

The final score was Bruins 6, Devils 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Ken Linseman (2), Bob Joyce, Gord Kluzak, Lyndon Byers, Tom McCarthy.

Who scored for Devils?

Brendan Shanahan.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

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

How did the Devils goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Devils played?

At Prudential Center in Newark, the Devils home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐻Bruins
Previous game · May 4
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
3–2 · NJD won
Next game · May 8
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
1–3 · NJD won
😈Devils
Previous game · May 4
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
3–2 · NJD won
Next game · May 8
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
1–3 · NJD won
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