Boston Bruins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, December 29, 1999 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime on Wednesday, December 29, 1999 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Bruins 34–30.
Patrik Elias scored twice. Bobby Holik, Ray Bourque, Andre Savage, Scott Gomez, Dave Andreychuk, Petr Sykora and Joe Murphy also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Elias (8)Jason Arnott (14), Petr Sykora (14)0–105:36 NJD
Bobby Holik (11)Jay Pandolfo (6), Randy Mckay (13)0–211:19 NJD
Ray Bourque (6)Dave Andreychuk (8), Anson Carter (17)1–215:49 BOS ·
2nd period
Andre Savage (1)Sergei Samsonov (10)2–202:49 BOS ·
3rd period
Scott Gomez (9)Scott Niedermayer (19), Bobby Holik (12)2–303:59 NJD · 
Dave Andreychuk (17)Joe Thornton (22), Joe Murphy (4)3–309:07 BOS
Petr Sykora (11)John Madden (4), Jason Arnott (15)3–412:34 NJD
Joe Murphy (3)Don Sweeney (3), Joe Thornton (23)4–417:49 BOS
Overtime
- Patrik Elias (9)Petr Sykora (15), Scott Stevens (9)4–500:19 NJD
Team stats
BOSNJD
3034
46%54%
2/31/3
1010
3131
118
107
2211
Penalties
- 13:22 into the first period
Don Sweeney · interference2 min - 14:04 into the first period
Bobby Holik · interference2 min - 2:00 into the second periodSheldon Souray · slashing2 min
- 3:29 into the second periodSteve Heinze · interference2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodJoe Thornton · slashing2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodBobby Holik · interference2 min
- 3:10 into the third periodKyle McLaren · high sticking2 min
- 3:10 into the third periodKyle McLaren · high sticking2 min
- 3:10 into the third periodKrzysztof Oliwa · roughing2 min
- 10:11 into the third periodBrendan Morrison · holding stick obstruction2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 38Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:21 |
| 43Joe MurphyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 28Andre SavageC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:26 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 20:55 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 23:22 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 27:30 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:57 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:38 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:44 |
| 39Joel PrpicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:10 |
| 48Joe HulbigL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:08 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:54 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:59 |
| 29Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 37Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 20:26 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:45 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:28 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:57 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:46 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:50 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:03 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:39 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 19Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:19 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:54 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:17 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |