Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Wednesday, December 27, 2000 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 47–33.
Bill Guerin scored twice. Bill Muckalt, Joe Thornton, Kyle McLaren, Sergei Samsonov and Dave Scatchard also scored.
Byron Dafoe made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Wade Flaherty stopped 42 of 47.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Muckalt (3)Oleg Kvasha (4), Mathieu Biron (1)0–105:42 NYI
Joe Thornton (12)Andrei Nazarov (1)1–107:35 BOS
Kyle McLaren (1)Mike Knuble (8)2–118:59 BOS
2nd period
Bill Guerin (22)Jason Allison (27)3–108:48 BOS · 
Sergei Samsonov (14)Jason Allison (28), Darren Van Impe (10)4–119:00 BOS
3rd period
Dave Scatchard (8)Claude Lapointe (13), Mark Lawrence (1)4–200:42 NYI- Bill Guerin (23)Jason Allison (29), Sergei Samsonov (18)5–204:37 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYI
4733
50%50%
0/40/3
820
4044
2114
810
79
Penalties
- 3:12 into the first period
Dave Scatchard · holding obstruction2 min - 16:34 into the first periodTaylor Pyatt · hooking2 min
- 3:34 into the second periodMike Stapleton · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 8:16 into the second period
Shawn Bates · slashing2 min - 6:29 into the third periodP.J. Axelsson · slashing2 min
- 8:46 into the third periodMark Lawrence · tripping2 min
- 13:11 into the third periodKen Belanger · holding the stick2 min
- 13:11 into the third periodKen Belanger · roughing2 min
- 13:11 into the third periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
- 13:11 into the third periodGarry Galley · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 20:01 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 18:36 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15:00 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:01 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:11 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:56 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20:53 |
| 16Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 08:30 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:46 |
| 29Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 15:22 |
| 23Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 26:32 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 55Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 64Jarno KultanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 35Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 11Bill MuckaltR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 15:30 |
| 12Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 24Mark LawrenceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:15 |
| 6Mathieu BironD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 17Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 18:21 |
| 26Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:23 |
| 27Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 16:11 |
| 44Jesse BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:15 |
| 2Branislav MezeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:14 |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 22:59 |
| 32Aris BrimanisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 36Evgeny KorolevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | L | 47 | 5 | .894 |
| 35Steve ValiquetteG | 0 | 0 | – |