Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, December 13, 1997 · FleetCenter

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2–4

Final

SOG 23–25

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 on Saturday, December 13, 1997 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 25-23.

Goals came from Sergei Samsonov, Anson Carter, Ted Donato, Turner Stevenson, Ray Bourque and Sebastien Bordeleau.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	1	2	23
BOS	2	1	1	4	25

Scoring

1st period

Sergei Samsonov (4)Anson Carter (11)0–108:22 BOS · PPG
Anson Carter (3)Dmitri Khristich (9), Don Sweeney (6)0–214:32 BOS · PPG

2nd period

Ted Donato (13)Steve Heinze (4), Jason Allison (20)0–308:58 BOS
Turner Stevenson (3)Unassisted1–315:09 MTL

3rd period

Ray Bourque (8)Jason Allison (21)1–406:52 BOS
Sebastien Bordeleau (2)Dave Manson (9), Scott Thornton (5)2–419:02 MTL

Team stats

MTLBOS

23Shots on goal25

43%Faceoff %57%

0/3Power play2/7

18Penalty minutes10

31Hits24

6Blocked shots11

2Giveaways9

1Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 06:30Sebastien Bordeleau · tripping obstruction2 min
1st 08:57P.J. Axelsson · holding the stick2 min
1st 08:57Craig Rivet · roughing2 min
1st 13:11Vincent Damphousse · slashing2 min
1st 17:31Scott Thornton · high sticking2 min
1st 17:31Scott Thornton · roughing2 min
2nd 00:41Dave Ellett · holding the stick2 min
2nd 04:51Dmitri Khristich · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 12:08Jassen Cullimore · cross checking2 min
2nd 19:56Benoit Brunet · high sticking2 min
3rd 06:38Kyle McLaren · roughing2 min
3rd 06:38Dave Manson · slashing2 min
3rd 08:41Dave Ellett · cross checking2 min
3rd 12:40Sebastien Bordeleau · holding obstruction2 min

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