Ottawa Senators vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 1998 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Ottawa Senators 5–2 on Thursday, December 17, 1998 at FleetCenter. The Senators outshot the Bruins 31–27.
Goals came from P.J. Axelsson, Andreas Johansson, Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov, Shawn McEachern, Rob DiMaio and Dmitri Khristich.
Byron Dafoe made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
P.J. Axelsson (4)Rob DiMaio (8), Chris Taylor (4)0–100:23 BOS
Andreas Johansson (11)Daniel Alfredsson (4), Vinny Prospal (11)1–105:48 OTT
Joe Thornton (3)Anson Carter (6), Ray Bourque (12)1–207:45 BOS ·
2nd period
Sergei Samsonov (10)Jason Allison (17), Dmitri Khristich (19)1–306:18 BOS
3rd period
Shawn McEachern (11)Unassisted2–313:33 OTT
Rob DiMaio (1)Chris Taylor (5)2–413:48 BOS
Dmitri Khristich (14)Ray Bourque (13), Darren Van Impe (9)2–517:38 BOS ·
Team stats
OTTBOS
3127
58%42%
0/42/3
1135
3235
812
14
49
Penalties
- 6:24 into the first period
Bill Berg · boarding2 min - 19:48 into the first period
Ray Bourque · cross checking2 min - 8:17 into the second periodKyle McLaren · high sticking2 min
- 2:31 into the third periodAnson Carter · high sticking2 min
- 9:11 into the third periodAlexei Yashin · elbowing2 min
- 16:22 into the third periodShaun Van Allen · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodRob DiMaio · fighting5 min
- 19:00 into the third periodRob DiMaio · game misconduct10 min
- 19:00 into the third periodBill Berg · fighting5 min
- 19:27 into the third periodKen Belanger · hooking2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodKen Belanger · roughing2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodKen Belanger · misconduct10 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:15 |
| 13Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 21Andreas JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 9Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 20Magnus ArvedsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:33 |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 3Patrick TraverseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 5Sami SaloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:03 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:04 |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 29Igor KravchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:27 |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 22:02 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 38Chris TaylorC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 14:50 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 24:26 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:28 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:53 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 12:25 |
| 16Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:05 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:22 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:35 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 16:34 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:56 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:38 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |