Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 28, 1997 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Sunday, December 28, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 29–23.
Goals came from Dmitri Khristich, Wayne Gretzky, Dave Ellett, Sergei Samsonov, Mike Keane, Adam Graves and Brian Skrudland.
Mike Richter made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Dmitri Khristich (14)Jason Allison (26), Dave Ellett (10)1–007:21 BOS · 
Wayne Gretzky (10)Alex Kovalev (13), Johan Lindbom (3)1–114:42 NYR
2nd period
Dave Ellett (3)Unassisted2–104:43 BOS
Sergei Samsonov (5)Ray Bourque (16), Cameron Mann (1)3–110:17 BOS · 
Mike Keane (8)Brian Skrudland (4)3–214:40 NYR
3rd period
Adam Graves (10)Brian Leetch (14), Wayne Gretzky (26)3–303:34 NYR
Brian Skrudland (5)Bill Berg (5), Alexander Karpovtsev (7)3–419:37 NYR
Team stats
BOSNYR
2923
52%48%
2/50/3
1822
3542
914
1930
1628
Penalties
- 2:51 into the first period
Ken Baumgartner · fighting5 min - 2:51 into the first period
Darren Langdon · fighting5 min - 6:07 into the first periodKevin Stevens · interference2 min
- 9:54 into the first periodDean Malkoc · fighting5 min
- 9:54 into the first periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
- 16:27 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · roughing2 min
- 16:27 into the first periodDarren Langdon · roughing2 min
- 16:46 into the first periodAnson Carter · tripping2 min
- 18:46 into the first periodBrian Leetch · tripping2 min
- 6:20 into the second periodTim Taylor · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding obstruction2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodSteve Heinze · interference2 min
- 7:12 into the third periodAlexander Karpovtsev · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 44Dave EllettD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 25:42 |
| 10Cameron MannR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 06:22 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:17 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:07 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 21:44 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 31:44 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 18:20 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:54 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 42Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:18 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:00 |
| 29Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:31 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 20:40 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 16:26 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:37 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:39 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:28 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 39Vladimir VorobievR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:25 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 24:49 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:57 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |