Los Angeles Kings vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, October 2, 1997 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–5 on Thursday, October 2, 1997 at FleetCenter. The Kings outshot the Bruins 31–30.
Goals came from Steve Heinze, Kyle McLaren, Brad Smyth, Glen Murray, Dmitri Khristich, Jozef Stumpel, Shawn Bates, Tim Taylor, Ray Ferraro, Luc Robitaille and Rob DiMaio.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Heinze (1)Jason Allison (1), Dave Ellett (1)0–107:57 BOS · 
Kyle McLaren (1)Rob DiMaio (1)0–208:25 BOS
Brad Smyth (1)Philippe Boucher (1), Donald MacLean (1)1–208:46 LAK
Glen Murray (1)Mattias Norstrom (1), Jozef Stumpel (2)2–213:26 LAK
Dmitri Khristich (1)Ted Donato (1)2–317:50 BOS
2nd period
Jozef Stumpel (1)Craig Johnson (1), Donald MacLean (2)3–307:37 LAK
Shawn Bates (1)Don Sweeney (1)3–410:15 BOS
Tim Taylor (1)Ted Donato (2)3–513:01 BOS
Ray Ferraro (1)Sandy Moger (1), Doug Zmolek (1)4–515:20 LAK
Luc Robitaille (2)Craig Johnson (2)5–516:04 LAK
3rd period
Rob DiMaio (1)Don Sweeney (2)5–606:01 BOS
Team stats
LAKBOS
3130
51%49%
0/21/4
106
3855
119
37
00
Penalties
- 6:07 into the first period
Dean Malkoc · roughing2 min - 6:07 into the first period
Sean O'Donnell · roughing2 min - 6:07 into the first periodSean O'Donnell · roughing2 min
- 11:10 into the first periodRay Ferraro · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodSteve Heinze · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:58 into the first periodRay Ferraro · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:18 into the second periodMattias Timander · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:48 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.