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Glen Wesley's 1987-1988 season

Points
37
NHL#166
Goals
7
NHL#253
Assists
30
NHL#120
Plus/minus
+21
NHL#34
Games
79
98%
98% of 80

Defenceman Glen Wesley was 19 years old when the 1987-1988 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 79 of a possible 80 games and scored 7 goals and 30 assists for 37 points, 0.47 points per game. In the playoffs he played 22 games for 12 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1987-1988Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Glen Wesley makes his NHL debut

    Glen was 19 years old · Boston Garden, USA

    First NHL assistFirst NHL point

    Other Swedes on the ice: Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Peter Sundström and Michael Thelvén.

    • The game
      WSH3–4BOS
      W
      game 1/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Glen Wesley records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Washington Capitals · October 8

    • The game
      BOS5–6QUE
      L
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–5BOS
      W
      game 3/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2LAK
      W
      game 4/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–4EDM
      L
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–5CGY
      W
      game 6/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–4VAN
      W
      game 7/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS0–4STL
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–2BOS
      L
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3MTL
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • November 1987
    • The game
      NYI6–5BOS
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS2–2HFD
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR7–6BOS
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–4BOS
      W
      game 14/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–6QUE
      L
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2TOR
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–4BOS
      W
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–3CGY
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3WIN
      W
      game 20/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      8
      points
      NHL#175
      0
      goals
      NHL#367
      8
      assists
      NHL#91
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#21
      BOS
      11-7-0W-L-OT24Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS7–5MNS
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Glen Wesley scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Minnesota North Stars · November 21

    • The game
      BOS1–0DET
      W
      game 22/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–4WSH
      L
      game 23/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–5BOS
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET3–2BOS
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–6MTL
      L
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • December 1987
    • The game
      BOS5–3HFD
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4BOS
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI3–7BOS
      W
      game 29/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–5PHI
      L
      game 30/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–4BOS
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF3–3BOS
      game 32/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–3BOS
      W
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      STL7–5BOS
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF0–9BOS
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–2NYI
      L
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–4NYR
      L
      game 38/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–4PIT
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–0BUF
      W
      game 40/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8039 of 40 played
      17
      points
      NHL#168
      1
      goals
      NHL#351
      16
      assists
      NHL#90
      +9
      +/-
      NHL#21
      BOS
      22-14-0W-L-OT48Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE1–5BOS
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–2BOS
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2PIT
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS2–1STL
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–3BOS
      L
      game 45/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS4–5MTL
      L
      game 46/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–5BOS
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–5BUF
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS1–6BOS
      W
      game 50/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI6–4BOS
      L
      game 51/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE0–3BOS
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2BOS
      L
      game 53/804
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • February 1988
    • The game
      BOS5–3CHI
      W
      game 54/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–7BOS
      W
      game 55/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2QUE
      W
      game 56/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–6BOS
      W
      game 57/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–4EDM
      W
      game 58/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–6VAN
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3MTL
      L
      game 60/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played
      30
      points
      NHL#148
      4
      goals
      NHL#282
      26
      assists
      NHL#83
      +12
      +/-
      NHL#26
      BOS
      34-21-0W-L-OT73Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS4–1NJD
      W
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3HFD
      L
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–5BOS
      W
      game 63/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–7BOS
      W
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • March 1988
    • The game
      TOR3–5BOS
      W
      game 65/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD7–6BOS
      L
      game 66/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS0–3BUF
      L
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–2DET
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–3BOS
      game 69/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS4–3QUE
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–0BOS
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CGY7–5BOS
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–3BOS
      L
      game 73/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–2BUF
      W
      game 74/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–0PHI
      W
      game 75/804
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–4BOS
      W
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–6BOS
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL3–1BOS
      L
      game 78/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • April 1988
    • The game
      BOS2–4HFD
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3BOS
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Glen Wesley closes the 1987-1988 season with 37 points

    Points
    37
    NHL#166
    Games
    79of 80
    99%
    Goals
    7
    NHL#253
    Assists
    30
    NHL#120
    P/GP
    0.47
    NHL#219
    +/-
    +21
    NHL#34
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet Buffalo Sabres

    BOSvsBUF
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    • Game 1
      BUF3–7BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      BUF1–4BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      BOS2–6BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BOS5–6BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF4–5BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      BOS5–2BUF
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    First round

    Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BOS4–2BUF
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Second round

    Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens

    BOSvsMTL
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      BOS2–5MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL1–3BOS
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      MTL0–2BOS
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      BOS4–1MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +4+/-0SOG
    Second round

    Boston Bruins knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    BOS4–1MTL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    6 days later
    Conference final

    Boston Bruins meet New Jersey Devils

    BOSvsNJD
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    • Game 1
      NJD3–5BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      NJD3–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      BOS6–1NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      BOS1–3NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NJD1–7BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-5SOG3PPP
      +3 assists
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 6
      BOS3–6NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Boston Bruinsare3–3withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 7
      NJD2–6BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Conference final

    Boston Bruins knock New Jersey Devils out 4–3

    BOS4–3NJD
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Boston Bruins play the Stanley Cup Final against Edmonton Oilers

    BOSvsEDM
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BOS1–2EDM
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Edmonton Oilerslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS2–4EDM
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Edmonton Oilerslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      EDM6–3BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Edmonton Oilerslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS3–6EDM
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Stanley Cup Final

    Edmonton Oilers knock Boston Bruins out 4–0

    BOS0–4EDM
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Glen Wesley ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 12 points

    Points
    12
    NHL#27
    Games
    22
    Goals
    4
    NHL#40
    Assists
    8
    NHL#25
    P/GP
    0.55
    NHL#61
    +/-
    +4
    NHL#38
    Events
    10
    playoff points
    1
    First playoff assist
    1
    First playoff goal
    3 points
    best game
    BUF4–2→MTL4–1→NJD4–3→EDM0–4