Chicago Blackhawks vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 1997 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the New Jersey Devils 6–2 on Tuesday, December 30, 1997 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Blackhawks outshot the Devils 37–27.
Eric Daze scored twice. Dave Andreychuk, Brent Sutter, James Black, Gary Suter, Alexei Zhamnov and Denis Pederson also scored.
Jeff Hackett made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Andreychuk (6)Doug Gilmour (25)0–107:05 NJD · 
Brent Sutter (2)Steve Dubinsky (7)1–112:50 CHI ·
2nd period
Eric Daze (13)Jean-Yves Leroux (1)2–104:27 CHI
James Black (7)Eric Daze (7), Chris Chelios (17)3–106:29 CHI · 
Gary Suter (6)Tony Amonte (22), Greg Johnson (7)4–111:52 CHI- Eric Daze (14)Gary Suter (11)5–116:32 CHI
3rd period
Alexei Zhamnov (6)Chris Chelios (18), Tony Amonte (23)6–106:08 CHI · 
Denis Pederson (8)Kevin Dean (6)6–214:44 NJD
Team stats
CHINJD
3727
47%53%
2/71/2
4157
2528
712
1424
1751
Penalties
- 3:15 into the first period
Scott Niedermayer · hooking2 min - 6:26 into the first period
Keith Carney · roughing2 min - 11:35 into the first periodGreg Johnson · high sticking2 min
- 15:19 into the first periodValeri Zelepukin · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:52 into the second periodBobby Holik · boarding2 min
- 6:50 into the second periodValeri Zelepukin · roughing2 min
- 7:37 into the second periodGreg Johnson · slashing2 min
- 7:37 into the second periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodAlexei Zhamnov · roughing2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodSteve Thomas · roughing2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodJean-Yves Leroux · roughing2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodDenis Pederson · roughing2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodJean-Yves Leroux · fighting5 min
- 17:39 into the second periodRandy Mckay · fighting5 min
- 4:50 into the third periodBill Guerin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodSteve Thomas · misconduct10 min
- 18:09 into the third periodKrzysztof Oliwa · roughing2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodEric Weinrich · misconduct10 min
- 18:28 into the third periodJim Cummins · slashing2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodJim Cummins · spearing2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodJim Cummins · spearing2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodJim Cummins · misconduct10 min
- 18:28 into the third periodDoug Gilmour · misconduct10 min
- 18:28 into the third periodLyle Odelein · slashing2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodLyle Odelein · misconduct10 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 55Eric DazeL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 15:53 |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 30:44 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 25:34 |
| 12Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:25 |
| 14Steve DubinskyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:01 |
| 23Jean-Yves LerouxL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:20 |
| 36Alexei ZhamnovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:09 |
| 38James BlackL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:55 |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 17Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 09:03 |
| 46Dimitri NabokovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 3Christian LaflammeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:36 |
| 6Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 45Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 16:25 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:29 |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 08:06 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:40 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:35 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 21:03 |
| 5Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:01 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 24:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 31Peter SidorkiewiczG | 8 | 1 | .875 |