Boston Bruins vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Wednesday, December 3, 1997 · CoreStates Center

BostonBruinsAway

3–0

23–20

PhiladelphiaFlyersHome

Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 on Wednesday, December 3, 1997 at CoreStates Center. The Bruins outshot the Flyers 23–20.

Goals came from Steve Heinze, Joe Thornton and P.J. Axelsson.

Byron Dafoe made 20 saves on 20 shots for the win; Garth Snow stopped 20 of 23.

Goals
BOS	0	1	2	3	23
PHI	0	0	0	0	20

Scoring

2nd period

Steve Heinze (3)Ted Donato (9), Jason Allison (16)1–011:05 BOS

3rd period

Joe Thornton (1)P.J. Axelsson (7)2–006:09 BOS
P.J. Axelsson (2)Tim Taylor (6), Ray Bourque (12)3–012:46 BOS

Team stats

BOSPHI

2320

45%55%

0/40/1

28

513

87

711

122

Penalties

14:51 into the first periodBrantt Myhres · hooking2 min
8:57 into the second periodGarth Snow · interference2 min
8:37 into the third periodKyle McLaren · interference obstruction2 min
14:26 into the third periodJanne Niinimaa · tripping obstruction2 min
17:21 into the third periodGarth Snow · delaying game2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

57P.J. AxelssonL	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	0	–	0	1	24	16:54
6Joe ThorntonC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	60	0	0	9	06:10
21Ted DonatoL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	0	5	22	18:19
23Steve HeinzeR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	22	19:00
26Tim TaylorC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	41	0	0	23	16:47
41Jason AllisonC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	57	0	0	21	17:29
77Ray BourqueD	0	1	1	+1	4	0	2	0	–	0	0	31	31:45
12Dmitri KhristichR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33	0	1	21	20:11
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	0	1	17	15:32
19Rob DiMaioR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	2	1	23	16:30
22Ken BaumgartnerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	11	07:13
33Anson CarterR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	2	22	19:35
42Mike SullivanC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	16	10:48
18Kyle McLarenD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	1	2	–	2	0	34	30:05
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	1	0	35	16:34
44Dave EllettD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	1	1	33	28:22
45Darren Van ImpeD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	00:00
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	00:07

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
30Jim CareyG		0	0	0	–	–
34Byron DafoeG	W	20	20	0	1.000	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	21	20:54
10John LeClairL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	2	0	–	0	0	22	23:01
12Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	20	15:50
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	0	71	1	0	23	21:11
18Brantt MyhresR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	9	04:40
20Trent KlattR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	19	12:49
25Shjon PodeinL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	0	1	19	11:51
29Joel OttoC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	53	0	0	19	11:54
32Daniel LacroixC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	9	04:44
45Vinny ProspalL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	10	05:32
55Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	47	0	0	18	15:31
88Eric LindrosC	0	0	0	−2	3	2	0	0	63	2	0	23	23:47
6Chris TherienD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	3	0	23	21:30
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	–	0	0	23	18:21
23Petr SvobodaD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	2	0	–	1	0	23	18:42
37Eric DesjardinsD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	24	22:13
44Janne NiinimaaD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	0	0	22	19:49
77Paul CoffeyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	21	19:48

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
30Garth SnowG	L	23	20	3	.870	60:00
35Neil LittleG		0	0	0	–	–