Boston Bruins vs Phoenix Coyotes

Regular season · Wednesday, October 8, 1997 · America West Arena

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3–2

16–35

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3–2 in overtime on Wednesday, October 8, 1997 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Bruins 35–16.

Goals came from Rick Tocchet, Dmitri Khristich, Kyle McLaren, Bob Corkum and Ted Donato.

Byron Dafoe made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 13 of 16.

Goals
BOS	0	2	0	1	3	16
PHX	1	0	1	0	2	35

Scoring

1st period

Rick Tocchet (2)Jeremy Roenick (4), Teppo Numminen (2)0–111:21 PHX

2nd period

Dmitri Khristich (2)Sergei Samsonov (1), Ray Bourque (1)1–106:18 BOS ·
Kyle McLaren (2)Tim Taylor (1), Rob DiMaio (2)2–107:26 BOS ·

3rd period

Bob Corkum (2)Craig Janney (4), Rick Tocchet (2)2–219:20 PHX

Overtime

Ted Donato (2)Jason Allison (3)3–202:09 BOS

Team stats

BOSPHX

1635

56%44%

2/60/5

1012

1011

127

34

511

Penalties

6:55 into the first periodDallas Drake · hooking2 min
8:02 into the first periodDmitri Khristich · elbowing2 min
5:16 into the second periodJim Johnson · high sticking2 min
7:03 into the second periodGerald Diduck · slashing2 min
9:23 into the second periodTed Donato · hooking2 min
10:46 into the second periodRay Bourque · holding obstruction2 min
15:30 into the second periodJim Johnson · tripping obstruction2 min
18:10 into the second periodTed Donato · interference2 min
19:29 into the second periodCliff Ronning · hooking2 min
3:32 into the third periodBrad Isbister · boarding2 min
7:54 into the third periodDean Malkoc · tripping obstruction2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

12Dmitri KhristichR	1	0	1	−1	2	0	0	2	–	1	0	20	17:42
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	1	1	−1	3	1	0	0	–	0	0	16	17:07
19Rob DiMaioR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	50	0	0	22	18:01
21Ted DonatoL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	4	–	0	1	19	14:22
26Tim TaylorC	0	1	1	−1	1	1	0	0	56	0	1	24	19:28
41Jason AllisonC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	55	0	0	17	14:17
18Kyle McLarenD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	7	0	–	0	0	24	23:29
77Ray BourqueD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	1	2	–	0	1	25	31:08
6Joe ThorntonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	1	0	10	09:43
17Shawn BatesC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	50	1	0	19	18:32
22Ken BaumgartnerL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	7	05:54
27Landon WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	12	08:45
42Mike SullivanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	0	0	14	10:55
57P.J. AxelssonL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	100	0	0	20	16:21
29Dean MalkocD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	0	0	14	12:57
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	2	24	19:14
37Mattias TimanderD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	14	14:40
44Dave EllettD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	1	0	–	0	0	18	19:24

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30Jim CareyG		0	0	0	–	–
34Byron DafoeG	W	35	33	2	.943	62:09

Phoenix Coyotes

Phoenix Coyotes skaters

92Rick TocchetR	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	20	21:14
15Craig JanneyC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	64	0	1	19	16:42
21Bob CorkumC	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	60	0	2	18	11:53
97Jeremy RoenickC	0	1	1	+2	4	4	0	0	37	0	1	22	21:41
27Teppo NumminenD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0	–	0	0	25	23:45
7Keith TkachukL	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	33	2	0	25	24:28
11Dallas DrakeR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	0	3	20	15:42
14Mike StapletonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	8	07:58
16Brad IsbisterL	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	2	–	0	0	17	14:21
22Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	14:58
33Jim McKenzieL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	02:15
34Darrin ShannonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	17	13:27
77Cliff RonningC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	2	20	0	0	18	17:05
2Murray BaronD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	21	18:35
4Gerald DiduckD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	2	–	0	0	23	21:39
6Jayson MoreD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	24	20:06
8Jim JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	–	0	0	14	10:55
44Norm MacIverD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	1	1	18	22:13

Phoenix Coyotes goalies
Goalie
28Jimmy WaiteG		0	0	0	–	–
35Nikolai KhabibulinG	L	16	13	3	.813	61:52