Boston Bruins vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Tuesday, October 21, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum

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2–1

32–28

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Edmonton Oilers 2–1 on Tuesday, October 21, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Oilers 32–28.

Goals came from Doug Weight, Ray Bourque and Dave Ellett.

Goals
BOS	0	1	1	2	32
EDM	0	1	0	1	28

Scoring

2nd period

Doug Weight (5)Ryan Smyth (3), Andrei Kovalenko (4)0–109:49 EDM ·
Ray Bourque (3)Dmitri Khristich (3), Sergei Samsonov (4)1–113:50 BOS ·

3rd period

Dave Ellett (1)Anson Carter (7), Ted Donato (3)2–115:34 BOS ·

Team stats

BOSEDM

3228

57%43%

2/71/6

3234

3244

716

111

611

Penalties

1:51 into the first periodMats Lindgren · hooking obstruction2 min
10:42 into the first periodDrake Berehowsky · cross checking2 min
13:16 into the first periodTim Taylor · roughing2 min
13:16 into the first periodTim Taylor · fighting5 min
13:16 into the first periodJason Arnott · fighting5 min
13:16 into the first periodJason Arnott · game misconduct10 min
14:28 into the first periodRyan Smyth · high sticking2 min
16:56 into the first periodKyle McLaren · fighting5 min
16:56 into the first periodJason Bowen · fighting5 min
17:34 into the first periodRob DiMaio · interference obstruction2 min
2:15 into the second periodDean Malkoc · cross checking2 min
8:31 into the second periodJason Allison · misconduct10 min
8:31 into the second periodKyle McLaren · elbowing2 min
12:30 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
14:13 into the second periodRyan Smyth · boarding2 min
0:08 into the third periodTed Donato · hooking2 min
3:33 into the third periodBoyd Devereaux · slashing2 min
14:23 into the third periodMats Lindgren · holding2 min
19:46 into the third periodRay Bourque · holding the stick2 min

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