The Boston Bruins used 40 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 47-26-7 record. Ray Bourque led the team with 81 points (17 goals, 64 assists) in 78 games. Rejean Lemelin played the most games in goal (49).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Linseman 🇨🇦 C 29 | 77 | 🔥 1 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 0.96 | 7 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 167 | — |
| 2 | Steve Kasper 🇨🇦 C 26 | 79 | 🧊 3 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 0.89 | 9 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 35 | — |
| 3 | Cam Neely 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 69 | 🧊 1 | 42 | 27 | 69 | 1.00 | 11 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 175 | — |
| 4 | Geoff Courtnall 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 62 | 🧊 1 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 0.94 | 8 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 108 | — |
| 5 | Randy Burridge 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 0.70 | 5 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 105 | — |
| 6 | Bob Sweeney 🇺🇸 C 24 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 0.56 | 6 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 73 | — |
| 7 | Keith Crowder 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 68 | 🔥 2 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 0.63 | 6 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 173 | — |
| 8 | Rick Middleton 🇨🇦 RW 34 | 59 | 🧊 1 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 0.54 | 2 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 9 | Lyndon Byers 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 53 | 🧊 2 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0.45 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 236 | — |
| 10 | Jay Miller 🇺🇸 LW 27 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0.24 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 304 | — |
| 11 | Billy O'Dwyer 🇺🇸 C 28 | 77 | 🧊 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0.22 | 1 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 83 | — |
| 12 | Craig Janney 🇺🇸 C 20 | 15 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.07 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Nevin Markwart 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 25 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0.52 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 85 | — |
| 14 | Bob Joyce 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 15 | 🧊 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.80 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 15 | Tom McCarthy 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 7 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.00 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 16 | Willi Plett 🏳️ RW 32 | 66 | 🧊 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.08 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 170 | — |
| 17 | Tommy Lehman 🇸🇪 C 24 | 9 | 🔥 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 18 | John Carter 🇺🇸 LW 24 | 4 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 19 | Mike Stevens 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 7 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — |
| 20 | Taylor Hall 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 21 | Alan May 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 22 | Paul Beraldo 🇨🇦 C 20 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Dave Reid 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Moe Lemay 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 2 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Kraig Nienhuis 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 25 skaters | 80 | 252 | 313 | 565 | 7.06 | 60 | 1590 | 0 | 0 | 1777 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ▼ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rejean Lemelin 🇨🇦 G 33 | 49 | 27 | 2.82 | 0.000 | 0 | 138 | 57:34 | |
| 2 | Doug Keans 🇨🇦 G 30 | 30 | 17 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 90 | 55:15 | |
| 3 | Andy Moog 🇨🇦 G 28 | 6 | 4 | 2.83 | 0.000 | 0 | 17 | 59:49 |
72% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on United States: 20% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 78% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 29 |
|
-4 | 621 (78%) | Bourque, Linseman, Kasper, Neely +25 |
| United States | 8 |
|
+5 | 138 (17%) | Sweeney, Larson, Miller, O'Dwyer +4 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+2 | 35 (4%) | Thelven, Lehman |
| PRY | 1 |
|
+2 | 5 (1%) | Plett |
Ray Bourque led the Boston Bruins in scoring in 1987-88 with 81 points — 17 goals and 64 assists in 78 games. Next came Ken Linseman (74) and Steve Kasper (70).
Cam Neely scored 42 goals for the Boston Bruins in 1987-88, 11 of them on the power play.
The Boston Bruins dressed 40 players in 1987-88: 37 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 300 goals.
Rejean Lemelin played the most games in goal for the Boston Bruins in 1987-88: 49 games, 27 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.82 goals against average. Doug Keans was the backup, in 30 games.
The average age was 25.1 years. Greg Hawgood was the youngest at 19, and Rick Middleton the oldest at 34.
The Boston Bruins used 40 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 29 in Canada, 8 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 1 came from PRY. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 72% on this roster.