Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, October 25, 1997 · FleetCenter

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5–4

29–32

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 on Saturday, October 25, 1997 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Panthers 32–29.

Ray Sheppard scored twice. Tom Fitzgerald, Anson Carter, Ray Bourque, Scott Mellanby, Sergei Samsonov, Tim Taylor and Bill Lindsay also scored.

Goals
FLA	2	1	2	5	29
BOS	1	1	2	4	32

Scoring

1st period

Tom Fitzgerald (2)Bill Lindsay (2), Robert Svehla (3)1–000:11 FLA
Anson Carter (1)Sergei Samsonov (5)1–108:33 BOS
Ray Sheppard (1)Paul Laus (3), Esa Tikkanen (4)2–119:56 FLA ·

2nd period

Ray Bourque (4)Kyle McLaren (4), Ted Donato (4)2–213:04 BOS ·
Scott Mellanby (4)Kirk Muller (4), Dave Gagner (4)3–213:28 FLA

3rd period

Sergei Samsonov (1)Dmitri Khristich (4), Don Sweeney (3)3–300:46 BOS
Tim Taylor (6)Ray Bourque (4), Rob DiMaio (5)3–402:52 BOS ·
Ray Sheppard (2)Rhett Warrener (1), Chris Wells (1)4–405:50 FLA
Bill Lindsay (2)Esa Tikkanen (5), Tom Fitzgerald (2)5–414:04 FLA

Team stats

FLABOS

2932

52%48%

1/41/4

88

5168

85

12

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Penalties

4:55 into the first periodPaul Laus · interference2 min
5:13 into the first periodJason Allison · cross checking2 min
9:52 into the first periodDave Gagner · hooking2 min
18:08 into the first periodRay Bourque · interference2 min
8:47 into the second periodRhett Warrener · holding2 min
11:14 into the second periodRobert Svehla · interference2 min
15:07 into the second periodDon Sweeney · cross checking2 min
2:21 into the third periodJoe Thornton · hooking2 min

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