Boston Bruins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 1997 · CoreStates Center
Scoring
1st period
Eric Lindros (15)Rod Brind'Amour (15), Chris Therien (9)0–103:31 PHI
P.J. Axelsson (3)Rob DiMaio (12)1–116:19 BOS
2nd period
Dmitri Khristich (10)Sergei Samsonov (7)2–105:29 BOS
3rd period
Joel Otto (1)Eric Desjardins (8), Colin Forbes (1)2–204:04 PHI
Team stats
BOSPHI
2430
55%45%
0/40/3
68
1215
76
1316
66
Penalties
- 5:13 into the first period
Jason Allison · hooking2 min - 5:52 into the first period
Eric Lindros · holding the stick2 min - 3:02 into the second periodChris Gratton · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodTed Donato · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 13:46 into the second periodDave Ellett · roughing2 min
- 4:56 into the third periodEric Lindros · hooking2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodEric Lindros · interference2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:37 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:43 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:20 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 10Cameron MannR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:30 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:10 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:44 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 29Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:54 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 29:36 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Robbie TallasG | T | 30 | 2 | .933 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:06 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 23:18 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:31 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:34 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:31 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:35 |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:39 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:58 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:54 |
| 45Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:41 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:30 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:20 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | T | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |