Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2000 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins 2–1 in overtime on Saturday, December 23, 2000 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Red Wings 35–21.
Goals came from Brendan Shanahan, Sergei Samsonov and Mathieu Dandenault.
Manny Legace made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Brendan Shanahan (13)Martin Lapointe (14), Jiri Fischer (7)1–012:30 DET
2nd period
Sergei Samsonov (13)Dixon Ward (4), Mike Knuble (7)1–103:57 BOS
Overtime
Mathieu Dandenault (4)Steve Yzerman (9), Steve Duchesne (6)2–101:30 DET
Team stats
DETBOS
2135
54%46%
0/50/5
1010
1932
89
107
47
Penalties
- 7:47 into the first period
P.J. Axelsson · hooking2 min - 8:03 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · interference goalkeeper2 min - 11:02 into the first periodByron Dafoe · delaying game2 min
- 12:17 into the first periodTomas Holmstrom · tripping2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · slashing2 min
- 10:45 into the second periodJonathan Girard · holding2 min
- 18:00 into the second periodMartin Lapointe · holding the stick2 min
- 3:33 into the third periodJoe Thornton · roughing2 min
- 9:43 into the third periodMathieu Dandenault · holding2 min
- 12:40 into the third periodAndrei Nazarov · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:43 |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:35 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 2Jiri FischerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 15Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:50 |
| 22Yuri ButsayevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:50 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:30 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:05 |
| 96Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:11 |
| 27Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34Manny LegaceG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |
Boston Bruins
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 29Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:57 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:09 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:12 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:07 |
| 16Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:37 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 24:16 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:03 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 57Eric ManlowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:45 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:11 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:40 |
| 23Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:22 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:01 |
| 55Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:04 |
| 63Patrick TraverseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 64Jarno KultanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 35Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | – |