Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, March 6, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Thursday, March 6, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 32-30.
Goals came from Derek King, Tim Sweeney, Ted Donato, Todd Bertuzzi, Claude Lapointe, Marty Mcinnis and Dan Plante.
Tommy Salo made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Derek King (21)Travis Green (31), Bryan McCabe (11)0–104:41 NYI
Tim Sweeney (5)Don Sweeney (19), Jeff Odgers (5)1–105:24 BOS
Ted Donato (25)Sheldon Kennedy (9), Ray Bourque (27)2–117:14 BOS · SHG
Todd Bertuzzi (4)Niklas Andersson (24), Bryan Smolinski (17)2–218:30 NYI · PPG
2nd period
Claude Lapointe (9)Marty Mcinnis (22), Paul Kruse (2)2–301:51 NYI
Marty Mcinnis (20)Claude Lapointe (3)2–419:35 NYI
3rd period
Dan Plante (2)Steve Webb (4), Rich Pilon (3)2–511:43 NYI
Team stats
BOSNYI
32Shots on goal30
0%Faceoff %0%
0/6Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes17
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 08:02
Tommy Salo · delaying game2 min - 1st 12:02Bryan McCabe · interference obstruction2 min
- 1st 16:56
Sandy Moger · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 02:35Dean Chynoweth · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:31Jeff Odgers · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 13:55Bryan McCabe · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 15:52Bryan Berard · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 02:46Ziggy Palffy · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 07:18Steve Staios · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 15:42Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 3rd 15:42Paul Kruse · fighting5 min
- 3rd 18:56Dan Plante · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 21Ted DonatoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 43Jean-Yves RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 34Bob BeersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 60:00 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
New York Islanders
| 13Claude LapointeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |