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Rejean Lemelin's 1987-1988 season

Wins
24
NHL#7
Save pct
.889
NHL#16
GAA
2.93
NHL#5
Shutouts
3
NHL#4
Games
49
61%
61% of 80

Goaltender Rejean Lemelin was 32 years old when the 1987-1988 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 49 games and won 24 of them, at .889. In the playoffs he played 17 games and won 11.

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

1987-1988Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Rejean Lemelin plays the 1987-1988 season for Boston Bruins

    BOSBoston Bruins

    Rejean was 32 years old when the 1987-1988 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH3–4BOS
      W
      game 1/803
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS5–6QUE
      L
      game 2/802
      His night
      .769SV%
      20SV26SA6GA62:56TOIL
      .769
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–4EDM
      L
      game 5/801
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA59:51TOIL
      .886
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS0–4STL
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      .667SV%
      6SV9SA3GA20:00TOIL
      .667
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–3MTL
      game 10/802
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA65:00TOI
      .889
      View the game
    • November 1987
    • The game
      BOS2–2HFD
      game 12/801
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA65:00TOI
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR7–6BOS
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      .500SV%
      5SV10SA5GA39:39TOIL
      .500
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–2TOR
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD1–4BOS
      W
      game 18/801
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS6–3CGY
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8011 of 20 started
      5
      wins
      NHL#13
      .868
      SV%
      NHL#20
      3.3
      GAA
      NHL#11
      BOS
      11-7-0W-L-OT24Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS7–5MNS
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .821
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–4WSH
      L
      game 23/803
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .840
      View the game
    • December 1987
    • The game
      CHI3–7BOS
      W
      game 29/801
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .842
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–5PHI
      L
      game 30/803
      His night
      .892SV%
      33SV37SA4GA58:41TOIL
      .892
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3BOS
      game 32/802
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA65:00TOI
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–3BOS
      W
      game 33/801
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA62:16TOIW
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–2CHI
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF0–9BOS
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      33SV33SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–2NYI
      L
      game 37/802
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–4PIT
      game 39/801
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA65:00TOI
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–0BUF
      W
      game 40/803
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      17SV17SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8022 of 40 started
      11
      wins
      NHL#9
      .881
      SV%
      NHL#14
      2.9
      GAA
      NHL#3
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      BOS
      22-14-0W-L-OT48Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE1–5BOS
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–2BOS
      game 42/801
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA65:00TOI
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–1STL
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA64:07TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD4–3BOS
      L
      game 45/802
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA58:33TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–5MTL
      L
      game 46/803
      His night
      .857SV%
      30SV35SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–5BUF
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .821
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–4BOS
      L
      game 51/803
      His night
      .692SV%
      9SV13SA4GA20:00TOI
      .692
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE0–3BOS
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      19SV19SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • February 1988
    • The game
      BOS5–3CHI
      W
      game 54/801
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–7BOS
      W
      game 55/803
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–2QUE
      W
      game 56/803
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS7–4EDM
      W
      game 58/802
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .862
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–3MTL
      L
      game 60/803
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .900
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8036 of 60 started
      19
      wins
      NHL#4
      .886
      SV%
      NHL#11
      2.9
      GAA
      NHL#2
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#1
      BOS
      34-21-0W-L-OT73Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS4–1NJD
      W
      game 61/802
      His night
      .974SV%
      38SV39SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–3HFD
      L
      game 62/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA59:34TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD2–5BOS
      W
      game 63/802
      His night
      .947SV%
      36SV38SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .947
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS4–7BOS
      W
      game 64/801
      His night
      .786SV%
      11SV14SA3GA25:31TOIW
      .786
      View the game
    • March 1988
    • The game
      NJD7–6BOS
      L
      game 66/802
      His night
      .783SV%
      18SV23SA5GA41:31TOI
      .783
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS0–3BUF
      L
      game 67/802
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS0–2DET
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–3BOS
      game 69/80
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA65:00TOI
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–0BOS
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–3BOS
      L
      game 73/803
      His night
      .800SV%
      16SV20SA4GA58:31TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN3–4BOS
      W
      game 76/803
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:52TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–1BOS
      L
      game 78/803
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA59:31TOIL
      .931
      View the game
    • April 1988
    • The game
      NYI2–3BOS
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Rejean Lemelin closes the 1987-1988 season with 24 wins

    BOSBoston Bruins
    Wins
    24
    Games
    49of 80
    61%
    Shutouts
    3
    SV%
    .889
    GAA
    2.93
    Starts
    49
    Events
    3
    career best in shutouts
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    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
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BUF3–7BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      BUF1–4BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BOS5–6BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      .838SV%
      31SV37SA6GA65:32TOIL
      .838
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF4–5BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .818
      View the game
    First round

    Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BOS4–2BUF
    Advance
    4Games3Wins.872SV%3.4GAA
    4 days later
    Second round

    Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens

    BOSvsMTL
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL1–3BOS
      W
      3
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      MTL0–2BOS
      W
      3
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      22SV22SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      BOS4–1MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    Second round

    Boston Bruins knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    BOS4–1MTL
    Advance
    4Games4Wins.952SV%1.3GAA
    6 days later
    Conference final

    Boston Bruins meet New Jersey Devils

    BOSvsNJD
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NJD3–5BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      NJD3–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA77:46TOIL
      .909
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      BOS6–1NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      BOS1–3NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA59:11TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NJD1–7BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 6
      BOS3–6NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      .615SV%
      8SV13SA5GA42:45TOIL
      .615
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinsare3–3withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 7
      NJD2–6BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .895
      View the game
    Conference final

    Boston Bruins knock New Jersey Devils out 4–3

    BOS4–3NJD
    Advance
    7Games4Wins.888SV%2.6GAA
    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
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      BOS2–4EDM
      L
      1
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA59:35TOIL
      .903
      View the game
    • Edmonton Oilerslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      EDM6–3BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA59:38TOIL
      .792
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Edmonton Oilers knock Boston Bruins out 4–0

    BOS0–4EDM
    Eliminated
    2Games0Wins.855SV%4.0GAA
    The run in numbers

    Rejean Lemelin ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 11 wins

    BOSBoston Bruins
    Wins
    11
    Games
    17
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .895
    GAA
    2.64
    Starts
    17
    BUF4–2→MTL4–1→NJD4–3→EDM0–4