Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 12, 1997 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Boston Bruins 6–3 on Wednesday, March 12, 1997 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Bruins 32–18.
Kent Manderville scored a hat trick. Tim Sweeney, Robert Kron, Sandy Moger, Sami Kapanen, Paul Ranheim and Brett Harkins also scored.
Sean Burke made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Jim Carey stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Sweeney (8)Anson Carter (4), Jason Allison (18)1–001:45 BOS · 
Robert Kron (9)Kevin Dineen (27), Alexander Godynyuk (6)1–116:49 HFD
2nd period
Kent Manderville (3)Steve Chiasson (13), Nolan Pratt (2)1–205:24 HFD- Kent Manderville (4)Marek Malik (5), Glen Wesley (25)1–309:16 HFD
Sandy Moger (10)Don Sweeney (20), Jon Rohloff (4)2–314:01 BOS ·
3rd period
Sami Kapanen (10)Unassisted2–411:48 HFD
Paul Ranheim (10)Unassisted2–515:10 HFD · 
Brett Harkins (4)Jozef Stumpel (43), Don Sweeney (21)3–515:51 BOS · - Kent Manderville (5)Steve Chiasson (14), Sean Burke (1)3–619:48 HFD ·
Team stats
BOSHFD
1832
0%0%
3/50/3
1731
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:13 into the first period
Keith Primeau · holding stick obstruction2 min - 6:24 into the first period
Dean Malkoc · roughing2 min - 6:24 into the first periodDean Malkoc · roughing2 min
- 6:24 into the first periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 6:24 into the first periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 10:24 into the first periodJeff O'Neill · interference obstruction2 min
- 11:52 into the first periodSandy Moger · cross checking2 min
- 12:36 into the first periodJeff O'Neill · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:42 into the first periodDean Chynoweth · hooking2 min
- 9:26 into the second periodDean Chynoweth · roughing2 min
- 9:26 into the second periodKent Manderville · roughing2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodDean Chynoweth · fighting5 min
- 12:07 into the second periodMark Janssens · instigator2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodMark Janssens · fighting5 min
- 12:07 into the second periodMark Janssens · misconduct10 min
- 5:26 into the third periodBob Beers · delaying game2 min
- 13:58 into the third periodAlexander Godynyuk · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Anson CarterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 65Brett HarkinsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Davis PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 43Jean-Yves RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Bob BeersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 44Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 41Nolan PrattD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |