Carolina Hurricanes vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 1997 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 on Saturday, December 6, 1997 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Hurricanes 26–25.
Steve Heinze scored a hat trick. Jason Allison and Stu Grimson also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Trevor Kidd stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Heinze (4)Jason Allison (17), Ted Donato (10)0–102:33 BOS · 
Jason Allison (9)Ted Donato (11), Steve Heinze (2)0–215:00 BOS
Stu Grimson (2)Kent Manderville (4), Glen Wesley (9)1–216:15 CAR
2nd period
- Steve Heinze (5)Jason Allison (18), Kyle McLaren (6)1–317:25 BOS
3rd period
- Steve Heinze (6)Kyle McLaren (7), Jason Allison (19)1–403:09 BOS
Team stats
CARBOS
2526
55%45%
0/31/4
1513
3230
1010
88
46
Penalties
- 2:17 into the first period
Sean Hill · hooking2 min - 7:21 into the first periodStu Grimson · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:40 into the first period
Ken Baumgartner · roughing2 min - 11:40 into the first periodEnrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
- 12:12 into the first periodDon Sweeney · interference2 min
- 2:12 into the second periodKyle McLaren · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:42 into the second periodGary Roberts · roughing2 min
- 5:37 into the third periodSteve Heinze · hooking2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
- 8:48 into the third periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 15:43 into the third periodEnrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:30 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 16:47 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:06 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 09:55 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:37 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 21Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 23:29 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Boston Bruins
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 4 | 18:13 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 6 | 19:25 |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 21:22 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:24 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:00 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:58 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:36 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 57P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:36 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 30:38 |
| 45Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:29 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:31 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |