New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 1997 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Saturday, March 15, 1997 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 37–28.
Goals came from Jean-Yves Roy, Sheldon Kennedy, Derek King, Ziggy Palffy, Anson Carter, Jozef Stumpel and Landon Wilson.
Jim Carey made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Jean-Yves Roy (5)Ray Bourque (28), Jozef Stumpel (44)0–100:34 BOS
Sheldon Kennedy (8)Unassisted0–209:40 BOS · 
Derek King (23)Bryan McCabe (14)1–210:18 NYI · 
Ziggy Palffy (35)Travis Green (34)2–213:10 NYI
2nd period
Anson Carter (6)Jeff Odgers (8)2–303:57 BOS
3rd period
Jozef Stumpel (16)Ray Bourque (29)2–417:06 BOS
Landon Wilson (3)Jean-Yves Roy (10)2–518:53 BOS ·
Team stats
NYIBOS
2837
0%0%
1/70/3
2046
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:15 into the first period
Troy Mallette · high sticking2 min - 2:15 into the first periodTroy Mallette · roughing2 min
- 2:15 into the first periodTroy Mallette · misconduct10 min
- 2:15 into the first period
Rich Pilon · roughing2 min - 5:10 into the first periodClaude Lapointe · cross checking2 min
- 9:06 into the first periodDean Chynoweth · cross checking2 min
- 9:06 into the first periodDean Chynoweth · instigator2 min
- 9:06 into the first periodDean Chynoweth · fighting5 min
- 9:06 into the first periodDean Chynoweth · misconduct10 min
- 9:06 into the first periodBrent Hughes · fighting5 min
- 18:16 into the first periodDean Malkoc · interference2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodJeff Odgers · high sticking2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodJeff Odgers · high sticking2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodDavis Payne · fighting5 min
- 9:17 into the second periodBryan McCabe · fighting5 min
- 10:47 into the second periodTodd Bertuzzi · interference2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodTroy Mallette · high sticking2 min
- 7:48 into the third periodBryan McCabe · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodBryan Berard · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
Boston Bruins
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 43Jean-Yves RoyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 11Anson CarterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Davis PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Bob BeersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |