Boston Bruins vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Friday, December 27, 1996 · Reunion Arena
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Boston Bruins 6–4 on Friday, December 27, 1996 at Reunion Arena. The Stars outshot the Bruins 36–21.
Goals came from Joe Nieuwendyk, Mike Modano, Pat Verbeek, Todd Elik, Jere Lehtinen, Dave Reid, Troy Mallette, Grant Marshall, Ted Donato and Jozef Stumpel.
Andy Moog made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Nieuwendyk (8)Jamie Langenbrunner (10), Darryl Sydor (9)0–102:01 DAL
Mike Modano (14)Jere Lehtinen (16)0–209:06 DAL
Pat Verbeek (9)Mike Kennedy (2), Mike Modano (20)0–314:24 DAL
Todd Elik (3)Adam Oates (22), Ray Bourque (10)1–315:46 BOS ·
2nd period
Jere Lehtinen (6)Mike Modano (21), Dave Reid (9)1–403:40 DAL
Dave Reid (7)Mike Kennedy (3), Guy Carbonneau (10)1–507:10 DAL
Troy Mallette (5)Sheldon Kennedy (4), Barry Richter (10)2–510:00 BOS
3rd period
Grant Marshall (5)Guy Carbonneau (11), Dave Reid (10)2–603:52 DAL
Ted Donato (9)Ray Bourque (11)3–607:43 BOS
Jozef Stumpel (11)Ray Bourque (12), Adam Oates (23)4–614:50 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSDAL
2136
0%0%
2/30/4
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:19 into the first period
Benoit Hogue · holding2 min - 12:05 into the first period
Ray Bourque · hooking2 min - 14:49 into the first periodTodd Harvey · interference2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodRob DiMaio · roughing2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodRob DiMaio · roughing2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodDarryl Sydor · high sticking2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodGrant Marshall · charging2 min
- 4:21 into the second periodTroy Mallette · elbowing2 min
- 13:39 into the second periodDean Chynoweth · fighting5 min
- 13:39 into the second periodBill Huard · fighting5 min
- 16:35 into the second periodSteve Staios · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:16 into the third periodRob DiMaio · holding the stick2 min
- 12:36 into the third periodPat Verbeek · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Todd ElikL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 6 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 46Barry RichterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 25Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 65Brett HarkinsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 47Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
Dallas Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Dave ReidL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 39Mike KennedyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 10Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Bill HuardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 21 | 4 | .809 |