😈 Away Devils 3-3 in series
2–6
Final
BOS leads 4–3
🐻 Home Bruins 3-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
NJD 0112
BOS 2136

Devils at Bruins — Conference Finals Game 7

Bruins, Conference Finals Game 7, beat Devils 6–2 at TD Garden on May 14, 1988.

🗓 Sat, May 14, 1988 · 18:30 CDT 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 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
Craig Janney
2 G
3 shots · +1
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Rick Middleton
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Ray Bourque
2 A
2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Craig Janney PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:59
Assists: Ray Bourque, Gord Kluzak
0–1
🐻 Moe Lemay 1st · 11:59
Assists: Michael Thelven, Glen Wesley
0–2
2nd period
🐻 Rick Middleton 2nd · 02:57
Assists: Ray Bourque
0–3
😈 John MacLean 2nd · 15:28
Assists: Doug Sulliman
1–3
3rd period
😈 Kirk Muller 3rd · 03:41
Assists: Aaron Broten, John MacLean
2–3
🐻 Craig Janney 3rd · 12:05
Unassisted
2–4
🐻 Cam Neely 3rd · 13:19
Assists: Steve Kasper, Randy Burridge
2–5
🐻 Ken Linseman SH Empty net 3rd · 19:36
Assists: Rick Middleton
2–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
😈NJD BOS🐻
19 Shots on goal 31
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
12 Penalty minutes 10
NJD shooting 10.5% (2/19) BOS shooting 19.4% (6/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
😈Devils
Sean Burke
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 58:33 TOI
🐻Bruins
Rejean Lemelin
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Devils
Devils: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–3
Devils
Devils: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 12, 1988
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
3–6 · Devils won
May 10, 1988
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
1–7 · Bruins won
May 8, 1988
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
1–3 · Devils won
May 6, 1988
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
6–1 · Bruins won
May 4, 1988
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
3–2 (OT) · Devils won

❓ NJD vs BOS, answered

Who won Devils vs Bruins on May 14, 1988?

Bruins won 6–2.

What was the final score of Devils vs Bruins?

The final score was Devils 2, Bruins 6.

Who scored for Devils?

John MacLean, Kirk Muller.

Who scored for Bruins?

Craig Janney (2), Cam Neely, Ken Linseman, Moe Lemay, Rick Middleton.

How did the Devils goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Rejean Lemelin made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Devils vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
😈Devils
Previous game · May 12
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
3–6 · NJD won
Next game · Oct 6
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
1–4 · PHI won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · May 12
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
3–6 · NJD won
Next game · May 18
🐻BOS @ 🛢️EDM
1–2 · EDM won
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