Philadelphia Flyers vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1998 · FleetCenter

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2–1

32–29

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Game summary

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 on Wednesday, December 23, 1998 at FleetCenter. The Flyers outshot the Bruins 32–29.

Goals came from John LeClair, Joe Thornton and Eric Desjardins.

John Vanbiesbrouck made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 30 of 32.

Goals
PHI	1	0	1	2	32
BOS	0	1	0	1	29

Scoring

1st period

John LeClair (22)Keith Jones (11), Eric Lindros (24)1–006:49 PHI

2nd period

Joe Thornton (4)Steve Heinze (6)1–116:10 BOS

3rd period

Eric Desjardins (4)John LeClair (18), Eric Lindros (25)2–106:51 PHI

Team stats

PHIBOS

3229

54%46%

0/30/4

86

3840

109

38

54

Penalties

13:03 into the first periodKeith Jones · roughing2 min
6:28 into the second periodDan Mcgillis · cross checking2 min
14:04 into the second periodKeith Jones · slashing2 min
17:07 into the second periodHal Gill · hooking obstruction2 min
18:12 into the second periodChris Joseph · tripping2 min
19:59 into the second periodKyle McLaren · hooking obstruction2 min
2:34 into the third periodRay Bourque · holding stick obstruction2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

10John LeClairL	1	1	2	+2	3	3	1	0	–	0	0	22	21:34
88Eric LindrosC	0	2	2	+1	5	1	0	0	41	0	0	25	26:10
20Keith JonesR	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	4	–	0	1	21	20:57
37Eric DesjardinsD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	27	23:41
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	0	0	19	15:11
12Colin ForbesL	0	0	0	−1	3	2	0	0	–	1	1	18	14:03
17Rod Brind'AmourC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	53	1	0	23	21:24
18Daymond LangkowC	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	88	0	1	19	14:13
19Mikael RenbergR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	4	03:57
24Roman VopatL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	7	04:27
26Valeri ZelepukinL	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	–	0	0	16	15:22
28Marc BureauC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	50	0	1	17	14:21
3Dan McgillisD	0	0	0	+1	2	6	1	2	–	1	0	24	19:59
5Dimitri TertyshnyD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	0	0	23	20:19
6Chris TherienD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	0	0	25	19:53
22Luke RichardsonD	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	–	0	0	17	15:51
25Chris JosephD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	7	04:59
44Dave BabychD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	0	0	17	15:25

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
27Ron HextallG		0	0	0	–	–
34John VanbiesbrouckG	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

6Joe ThorntonC	1	0	1	+1	5	5	0	0	67	0	0	14	13:11
23Steve HeinzeR	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	0	0	19	17:12
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	19	16:46
12Dmitri KhristichR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	3	1	18	20:45
14Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	16	18:00
16Ken BelangerL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	0	0	6	04:31
17Shawn BatesC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	40	0	0	8	05:13
19Rob DiMaioR	0	0	0	−2	3	2	0	0	–	1	0	19	17:00
22Ken BaumgartnerL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	0	0	8	05:25
33Anson CarterR	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	50	0	0	17	15:37
38Chris TaylorC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	0	0	30	0	0	18	16:02
41Jason AllisonC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	1	0	23	24:13
18Kyle McLarenD	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	–	0	0	18	20:40
20Darren Van ImpeD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	0	1	17	19:07
25Hal GillD	0	0	0	−2	3	2	4	2	–	0	0	21	17:47
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	–	0	0	20	17:51
44Dave EllettD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	1	0	18	17:04
77Ray BourqueD	0	0	0	−1	3	5	0	2	–	1	2	25	28:25

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
34Byron DafoeG	L	32	30	2	.938	58:58
35Robbie TallasG		0	0	0	–	–