Vancouver Canucks vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Friday, November 28, 1997 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Friday, November 28, 1997 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Canucks 33–25.
Pavel Bure scored twice. Brian Noonan, Ted Donato, Steve Staios, Steve Heinze and Mark Messier also scored.
Kirk McLean made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Noonan (6)Chris McAllister (1)1–001:21 VAN
Pavel Bure (12)Alexander Mogilny (4), Jyrki Lumme (7)2–011:04 VAN
Ted Donato (12)Jason Allison (14), Ray Bourque (10)2–117:56 BOS ·
2nd period
Steve Staios (3)Dave Scatchard (2)3–102:04 VAN
Steve Heinze (2)Ray Bourque (11), Darren Van Impe (4)3–204:43 BOS · 
Mark Messier (9)Pavel Bure (16), Alexander Mogilny (5)4–206:57 VAN ·
3rd period
- Pavel Bure (13)Bret Hedican (14)5–219:26 VAN ·
Team stats
VANBOS
2533
54%46%
1/12/4
2216
2618
55
510
42
Penalties
- 3:55 into the first period
Ken Baumgartner · fighting5 min - 3:55 into the first period
Chris McAllister · fighting5 min - 8:02 into the first periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
- 17:33 into the first periodBret Hedican · high sticking2 min
- 17:33 into the first periodBret Hedican · high sticking2 min
- 3:08 into the second periodMike Sillinger · elbowing2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodTim Taylor · slashing2 min
- 9:22 into the third periodTed Donato · roughing2 min
- 9:22 into the third periodMike Sillinger · roughing2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodJoe Thornton · fighting5 min
- 12:45 into the third periodDave Scatchard · fighting5 min
- 14:37 into the third periodDon Sweeney · slashing2 min
- 14:37 into the third periodMike Sillinger · slashing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 10Pavel BureR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 22:49 |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:47 |
| 20Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:15 |
| 36Chris McAllisterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 04:14 |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:50 |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 25Steve StaiosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:23 |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 17Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:19 |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:25 |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 32Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 23:23 |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 20:35 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 20:56 |
| 45Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:58 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:26 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:41 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:43 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:36 |
| 57P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:15 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 20:02 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 17:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |