Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Monday, December 15, 1997 · Miami Arena

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6–2

40–28

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 6–2 on Monday, December 15, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Bruins outshot the Panthers 40–28.

Goals came from Ray Sheppard, Dmitri Khristich, Steve Heinze, Ted Donato, Tim Taylor, Mike Sullivan, David Nemirovsky and Kyle McLaren.

Byron Dafoe made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 27 of 32.

Goals
BOS	2	3	1	6	40
FLA	1	0	1	2	28

Scoring

1st period

Ray Sheppard (8)Steve Washburn (5), Scott Mellanby (12)0–108:19 FLA ·
Dmitri Khristich (9)Ray Bourque (13), Anson Carter (12)1–112:22 BOS ·
Steve Heinze (7)Ted Donato (13), Jason Allison (22)2–114:43 BOS

2nd period

Ted Donato (14)Steve Heinze (5), Jason Allison (23)3–103:56 BOS
Tim Taylor (10)Ray Bourque (14)4–104:22 BOS
Mike Sullivan (2)P.J. Axelsson (8)5–119:16 BOS

3rd period

David Nemirovsky (7)Paul Laus (10)5–202:23 FLA ·
Kyle McLaren (3)Anson Carter (13), Dmitri Khristich (10)6–210:13 BOS

Team stats

BOSFLA

4028

54%46%

1/32/4

108

110

11

310

1820

Penalties

6:40 into the first periodDmitri Khristich · holding obstruction2 min
10:38 into the first periodPaul Laus · interference2 min
17:04 into the first periodHal Gill · holding obstruction2 min
8:23 into the second periodKyle McLaren · interference2 min
11:58 into the second periodRay Whitney · slashing2 min
14:23 into the second periodTerry Carkner · slashing2 min
18:19 into the second periodAnson Carter · hooking2 min
18:19 into the second periodScott Mellanby · slashing2 min
0:36 into the third periodTed Donato · hooking2 min

Season series

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

12Dmitri KhristichR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	2	55	0	2	19	16:33
21Ted DonatoL	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	2	–	1	1	18	15:13
23Steve HeinzeR	1	1	2	+2	8	0	0	0	–	0	2	19	15:44
33Anson CarterR	0	2	2	+1	3	0	0	2	–	0	1	19	15:19
41Jason AllisonC	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	67	0	1	20	16:27
77Ray BourqueD	0	2	2	+2	5	0	0	0	–	0	3	29	29:08
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	20	17:18
26Tim TaylorC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	55	0	0	20	16:49
42Mike SullivanC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	30	0	1	19	12:39
18Kyle McLarenD	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	28	24:32
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	2	14	12:39
19Rob DiMaioR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	19	17:17
22Ken BaumgartnerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	10	06:45
20Darren Van ImpeD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	8	07:40
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	2	–	0	1	15	13:10
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	1	1	28	24:53
37Mattias TimanderD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	0	0	9	06:24
44Dave EllettD	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	–	1	1	23	21:57

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
34Byron DafoeG	W	28	26	2	.929	59:57
35Robbie TallasG		0	0	0	–	–

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

22Steve WashburnC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	53	0	3	17	16:37
26Ray SheppardR	1	0	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	18	17:29
27Scott MellanbyR	0	1	1	0	5	2	0	2	–	1	3	19	16:19
51David NemirovskyR	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	1	1	15	13:32
3Paul LausD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	2	–	1	3	19	17:01
9Kirk MullerL	0	0	0	−4	2	1	0	0	100	2	0	15	14:13
11Bill LindsayL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	15	13:11
14Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	25	0	0	19	17:37
15Dave GagnerC	0	0	0	−5	2	1	0	0	67	0	0	19	17:32
16Ryan JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	43	0	0	16	11:58
19Radek DvorakR	0	0	0	−3	3	0	0	0	–	2	5	18	15:02
21Tom FitzgeraldR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	16	13:09
23Chris WellsC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	16	12:57
2Terry CarknerD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	2	–	0	1	22	16:49
5Gord MurphyD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	1	1	22	18:57
7Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	1	0	22	18:57
24Robert SvehlaD	0	0	0	−2	2	1	1	0	–	0	1	24	24:02
55Ed JovanovskiD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	19	17:42

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
30Mark FitzpatrickG		8	7	1	.875	20:00
34John VanbiesbrouckG	L	32	27	5	.844	39:50