1988–89 Boston Bruins season

1988–89 Boston Bruins
Division	2nd Adams
Conference	3rd Prince of Wales
1988–89 record	37-29-14
Goals for	289
Goals against	256
Team information
General manager	Harry Sinden
Coach	Terry O'Reilly
Captain	Ray Bourque
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cam Neely (37)
Assists	Craig Janney (46)
Points	Cam Neely (75)
Penalty minutes	Lyndon Byers (218)
Wins	Réjean Lemelin (19)
Goals against average	Réjean Lemelin (3.01)

The 1988–89 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 65th season. The Bruins finished 2nd in the Adams Division, defeated the Buffalo Sabres in 4 games to 1 in the Division Semi-finals before falling to the Montreal Canadiens in the Division Finals 4 games to 1.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Adams Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	80	53	18	9	315	218	115
Boston Bruins	80	37	29	14	289	256	88
Buffalo Sabres	80	38	35	7	291	299	83
Hartford Whalers	80	37	38	5	299	290	79
Quebec Nordiques	80	27	46	7	269	342	61

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1988	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	1–0–0
2	W	October 8, 1988	6–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	2–0–0
3	W	October 9, 1988	3–1	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	3–0–0
4	L	October 12, 1988	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	3–1–0
5	L	October 15, 1988	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	3–2–0
6	W	October 16, 1988	10–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	4–2–0
7	W	October 19, 1988	5–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	5–2–0
8	W	October 22, 1988	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	6–2–0
9	T	October 25, 1988	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	6–2–1
10	W	October 27, 1988	6–2	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	7–2–1
11	T	October 29, 1988	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	7–2–2
12	T	October 30, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	7–2–3
13	W	November 2, 1988	7–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	8–2–3
14	L	November 3, 1988	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	8–3–3
15	W	November 6, 1988	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	9–3–3
16	T	November 11, 1988	4–4 OT	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	9–3–4
17	L	November 12, 1988	1–2	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	9–4–4
18	T	November 15, 1988	5–5 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	9–4–5
19	L	November 17, 1988	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	9–5–5
20	L	November 18, 1988	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	9–6–5
21	L	November 20, 1988	4–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	9–7–5
22	L	November 23, 1988	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	9–8–5
23	W	November 24, 1988	2–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	10–8–5
24	W	November 26, 1988	8–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	11–8–5
25	L	November 29, 1988	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	11–9–5
26	L	December 1, 1988	1–4	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	11–10–5
27	T	December 3, 1988	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	11–10–6
28	T	December 4, 1988	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	11–10–7
29	W	December 6, 1988	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	12–10–7
30	L	December 8, 1988	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	12–11–7
31	T	December 10, 1988	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1988–89)	12–11–8
32	L	December 12, 1988	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	12–12–8
33	W	December 15, 1988	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	13–12–8
34	T	December 17, 1988	2–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	13–12–9
35	L	December 18, 1988	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	13–13–9
36	W	December 21, 1988	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	14–13–9
37	L	December 22, 1988	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	14–14–9
38	L	December 26, 1988	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	14–15–9
39	W	December 29, 1988	6–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	15–15–9
40	W	January 2, 1989	8–7	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	16–15–9
41	L	January 5, 1989	3–5	New York Islanders (1988–89)	16–16–9
42	L	January 7, 1989	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	16–17–9
43	W	January 8, 1989	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	17–17–9
44	L	January 12, 1989	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	17–18–9
45	T	January 14, 1989	5–5 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	17–18–10
46	W	January 15, 1989	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89)	18–18–10
47	L	January 19, 1989	2–7	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	18–19–10
48	L	January 21, 1989	5–6 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	18–20–10
49	L	January 22, 1989	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	18–21–10
50	W	January 25, 1989	2–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	19–21–10
51	W	January 26, 1989	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	20–21–10
52	L	January 28, 1989	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	20–22–10
53	T	February 1, 1989	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	20–22–11
54	W	February 3, 1989	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	21–22–11
55	L	February 5, 1989	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	21–23–11
56	W	February 9, 1989	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	22–23–11
57	W	February 11, 1989	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	23–23–11
58	L	February 14, 1989	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	23–24–11
59	W	February 15, 1989	7–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	24–24–11
60	W	February 18, 1989	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	25–24–11
61	W	February 19, 1989	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	26–24–11
62	W	February 25, 1989	9–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	27–24–11
63	T	February 28, 1989	3–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	27–24–12
64	W	March 2, 1989	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	28–24–12
65	W	March 4, 1989	6–4	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	29–24–12
66	W	March 5, 1989	5–0	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	30–24–12
67	W	March 7, 1989	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	31–24–12
68	L	March 9, 1989	2–7	Washington Capitals (1988–89)	31–25–12
69	T	March 11, 1989	6–6 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	31–25–13
70	L	March 12, 1989	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	31–26–13
71	W	March 14, 1989	8–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	32–26–13
72	T	March 16, 1989	2–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	32–26–14
73	W	March 18, 1989	6–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	33–26–14
74	L	March 19, 1989	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	33–27–14
75	L	March 22, 1989	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	33–28–14
76	W	March 23, 1989	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	34–28–14
77	W	March 25, 1989	6–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	35–28–14
78	L	March 27, 1989	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	35–29–14
79	W	April 1, 1989	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	36–29–14
80	W	April 2, 1989	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	37–29–14

Player Stats

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cam Neely	74	37	38	75	190
Ken Linseman	78	27	45	72	164
Craig Janney	62	16	46	62	12
Randy Burridge	80	31	30	61	39
Bob Joyce	77	18	31	49	46
Andy Brickley	71	13	22	35	20
Keith Crowder	69	15	18	33	147
Bob Sweeney	75	14	14	28	99
Steve Kasper	49	10	16	26	49
John Carter	44	12	10	22	24
Greg Johnston	57	11	9	20	32
Bobby Carpenter	18	5	9	14	10
Tommy Lehman	26	4	2	6	10
Jay Miller	37	2	4	6	168
Ray Neufeld	14	1	3	4	28
Lyndon Byers	49	0	4	4	218
Bill O'Dwyer	19	1	2	3	8
Paul Guay	5	0	2	2	0
Rob Cimetta	7	2	0	2	0
Ray Podloski	8	0	1	1	17
Ron Flockhart	4	0	0	0	0
Carl Mokosak	7	0	0	0	31
Paul Beraldo	7	0	0	0	4
Moe Lemay	12	0	0	0	33

Defensemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ray Bourque	60	18	43	61	52
Glen Wesley	77	19	35	54	61
Greg Hawgood	56	16	24	40	84
Garry Galley	78	8	22	30	80
Michael Thelven	40	3	18	21	71
Don Sweeney	36	3	5	8	20
Allen Pedersen	51	0	6	6	69
Alain Côté	31	2	3	5	51
Bruce Shoebottom	29	1	3	4	44
Gord Kluzak	3	0	1	1	2
Stéphane Quintal	26	0	1	1	29
Dale Dunbar	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Réjean Lemelin	40	19	15	6	0	3.01
Andy Moog	41	18	14	8	1	3.22

Awards and Records

• Ray Bourque, Defence, NHL Second All-Star Team