Regular season and playoffsBOS

Ray Bourque's 1988-1989 season

Points

NHL#86

Goals

NHL#125

Assists

NHL#57

Plus/minus

+20

NHL#39

Games

75% of 80

Defenceman Ray Bourque was 27 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 60 of a possible 80 games and scored 18 goals and 43 assists for 61 points, 1.02 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 4 points.

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

1988-1989Playoffs

Year 1988
38 years ago
Season opener
October 6
Ray Bourque plays the 1988-1989 season for Boston Bruins
BOSBoston Bruins
Ray was 27 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.
- The game
  TOR1–2BOS
  W
  October 6game 1/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS6–2HFD
  W
  October 8game 2/803
  His night
  +4P+4A
  +1+/-0SOG3PPP
  +4 assists
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- The game
  HFD1–3BOS
  W
  October 9game 3/802
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-7SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BOS2–6LAK
  L
  October 12game 4/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS1–5MNS
  L
  October 15game 5/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BOS10–3CHI
  W
  October 16game 6/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS5–2WIN
  W
  October 19game 7/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS5–2STL
  W
  October 22game 8/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-6SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL1–1BOS
  October 25game 9/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  QUE2–6BOS
  W
  October 27game 10/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–3BOS
  October 29game 11/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-9SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS3–3BUF
  October 30game 12/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- November 1988
- The game
  BOS7–2TOR
  W
  November 2game 13/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-6SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  HFD5–3BOS
  L
  November 3game 14/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-9SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN2–4BOS
  W
  November 6game 15/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS4–4NYR
  November 11game 16/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGY2–1BOS
  L
  November 12game 17/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-6SOG
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- The game
  BOS5–5QUE
  November 15game 18/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL5–2BOS
  L
  November 17game 19/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS2–5DET
  L
  November 18game 20/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -3+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 18
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  20
  points
  NHL#42
  6
  goals
  NHL#79
  14
  assists
  NHL#27
  -2
  +/-
  NHL#118
  BOS
  9-6-0W-L-OT23Points
  6th in the whole NHL
- The game
  DET5–4BOS
  L
  November 20game 21/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS0–2MTL
  L
  November 23game 22/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PHI1–2BOS
  W
  November 24game 23/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–8BOS
  W
  November 26game 24/80
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-4SOG2PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
Milestone
Ray Bourque reaches 200 career goals
in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · November 26
- The game
  BOS1–5PHI
  L
  November 29game 25/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- December 1988
- The game
  MNS4–1BOS
  L
  December 1game 26/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-7SOG
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- The game
  BOS1–1WSH
  December 3game 27/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  PIT3–3BOS
  December 4game 28/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS4–3NYI
  W
  December 6game 29/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–2BOS
  L
  December 8game 30/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR1–1BOS
  December 10game 31/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- Checkpoint
  December 10
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8031 of 40 played
  26
  points
  NHL#109
  7
  goals
  NHL#161
  19
  assists
  NHL#71
  0
  +/-
  NHL#90
  BOS
  16-15-0W-L-OT41Points
  10th in the whole NHL
Year 1989
37 years ago
- The game
  WIN4–3BOS
  L
  January 28game 52/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  BOS4–4MNS
  February 1game 53/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–2WIN
  W
  February 3game 54/803
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT5–2BOS
  L
  February 5game 55/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-6SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  LAK1–4BOS
  W
  February 9game 56/802
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM2–5BOS
  W
  February 11game 57/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-10SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS2–5VAN
  L
  February 14game 58/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS7–3LAK
  W
  February 15game 59/801
  His night
  +4P+2G+2A
  +5+/-3SOG
  +4 points
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- The game
  BOS4–3CGY
  W
  February 18game 60/802
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-2SOG
  +3 points
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- Checkpoint
  February 18
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8040 of 60 played
  39
  points
  NHL#113
  12
  goals
  NHL#145
  27
  assists
  NHL#89
  +12
  +/-
  NHL#25
  BOS
  25-24-0W-L-OT61Points
  Playoff spot
  9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS4–2EDM
  W
  February 19game 61/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS9–1HFD
  W
  February 25game 62/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS3–3NJD
  February 28game 63/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- March 1989
- The game
  QUE2–5BOS
  W
  March 2game 64/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN4–6BOS
  W
  March 4game 65/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS5–0NYR
  W
  March 5game 66/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS2–1NYI
  W
  March 7game 67/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WSH7–2BOS
  L
  March 9game 68/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-10SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF6–6BOS
  March 11game 69/80
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +2+/-5SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  BOS2–3BUF
  L
  March 12game 70/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-7SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS8–2PIT
  W
  March 14game 71/801
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +2+/-3SOG2PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  QUE2–2BOS
  March 16game 72/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PHI3–6BOS
  W
  March 18game 73/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD3–2BOS
  L
  March 19game 74/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BOS2–4HFD
  L
  March 22game 75/803
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -2+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NJD3–5BOS
  W
  March 23game 76/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Ray Bourque reaches 750 career points
in the game against New Jersey Devils · March 23
- The game
  CHI3–6BOS
  W
  March 25game 77/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  BOS2–5MTL
  L
  March 27game 78/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-9SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- April 1989
- The game
  BOS5–4QUE
  W
  April 1game 79/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD2–3BOS
  W
  April 2game 80/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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The season in numbers
April 2
Ray Bourque closes the 1988-1989 season with 61 points
BOSBoston Bruins
Points
61
NHL#86
Games
60of 80
75%
Goals
18
NHL#125
Assists
43
NHL#57
P/GP
1.02
NHL#44
+/-
+20
NHL#39
Events
750
career points
200
career goals
6 i rad
games with a point · 12 pts
3 days later
Playoffs
April 5
Boston Bruins are in the playoffs
First round
April 5
Boston Bruins meet Buffalo Sabres
BOSvsBUF
Swedes on Boston Bruins
Ray Bourque
Michael Thelvén
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  BUF6–0BOS
  L
  April 51
  His night
  No points
  0+/-6SOG
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  BUF3–5BOS
  W
  April 61
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-5SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- Boston Bruinsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
- Game 3
  BOS4–2BUF
  W
  April 81
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 4
  BOS3–2BUF
  W
  April 91
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Boston Bruinslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 5
  BUF1–4BOS
  W
  April 111
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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First round
April 11
Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1
BOS4–1BUF
Advance
He did not play in this round
6 days later
Second round
April 17
Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens
BOSvsMTL
Swedes on Boston Bruins
Ray Bourque
Michael Thelvén
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Mats Näslund
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- Game 1
  BOS2–3MTL
  L
  April 172
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-8SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  BOS2–3MTL
  L
  April 192
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 3
  MTL5–4BOS
  L
  April 212
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 4
  MTL2–3BOS
  W
  April 232
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 5
  BOS2–3MTL
  L
  April 252
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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Second round
April 25
Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–1
BOS1–4MTL
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
April 25
Ray Bourque ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 4 points
BOSBoston Bruins
Points
4
NHL#110
Games
10
Goals
0
NHL#195
Assists
4
NHL#75
P/GP
0.40
NHL#75
+/-
-1
NHL#181
Events
2 points
best game
BUF4–1→MTL1–4

Ray Bourque plays the 1988-1989 season for Boston Bruins

1/4 into the season

Ray Bourque reaches 200 career goals

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Ray Bourque reaches 750 career points

Ray Bourque closes the 1988-1989 season with 61 points

Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

Boston Bruins meet Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

Ray Bourque ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 4 points