Boston Bruins vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 1991 · Joe Louis Arena

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5–3

31–23

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Tuesday, December 31, 1991 at Joe Louis Arena. The Bruins outshot the Red Wings 31–23.

Brent Ashton scored twice. Johan Garpenlov, Ray Sheppard, Stephen Leach, Dave Reid, Shawn Burr and Vladimir Ruzicka also scored.

Goals
BOS	1	2	2	5	31
DET	1	1	1	3	23

Scoring

1st period

Brent Ashton (11)Craig Janney (28), Ray Bourque (31)1–004:27 BOS ·
Johan Garpenlov (1)Steve Yzerman (24), Tim Cheveldae (2)1–110:54 DET

2nd period

Ray Sheppard (19)Bob Probert (11), Nicklas Lidstrom (29)1–209:08 DET
Stephen Leach (18)Vladimir Ruzicka (17), Ken Hodge (6)2–214:04 BOS ·
Dave Reid (4)Scott Arniel (1), Wes Walz (3)3–214:57 BOS

3rd period

Shawn Burr (12)Yves Racine (14), Steve Chiasson (6)3–302:00 DET
Vladimir Ruzicka (18)Rejean Lemelin (1)4–306:35 BOS ·
Brent Ashton (12)Bob Sweeney (9), Garry Galley (12)5–314:23 BOS

Team stats

BOSDET

3123

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3/90/6

1925

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Penalties

3:21 into the first periodScott Arniel · roughing2 min
3:21 into the first periodSteve Chiasson · high sticking2 min
3:21 into the first periodGerard Gallant · roughing2 min
11:14 into the first periodGarry Galley · interference2 min
12:54 into the first periodRay Sheppard · holding2 min
17:40 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
18:36 into the first periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
19:14 into the first periodBrent Ashton · interference2 min
3:50 into the second periodStephen Leach · fighting5 min
3:50 into the second periodGerard Gallant · fighting5 min
4:13 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · hooking2 min
13:14 into the second periodBrad Marsh · slashing2 min
18:42 into the second periodScott Arniel · tripping2 min
2:57 into the third periodGerard Gallant · hooking2 min
5:48 into the third periodYves Racine · tripping2 min
6:17 into the third periodSteve Yzerman · slashing2 min
7:35 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · interference2 min
15:18 into the third periodCraig Janney · holding2 min
16:17 into the third periodSteve Yzerman · slashing2 min

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