Ottawa Senators vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 12, 2002 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 5–2 on Thursday, December 12, 2002 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Senators 31–28.
Goals came from Mike Knuble, Shaun Van Allen, Chris Neil, Todd White, Anton Volchenkov, Marian Hossa and Joe Thornton.
Patrick Lalime made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Knuble (6)Sean O'Donnell (5), Bryan Berard (10)0–103:37 BOS · 
Shaun Van Allen (3)Shane Hnidy (3), Curtis Leschyshyn (1)1–109:53 OTT
Chris Neil (2)Mike Fisher (9), Peter Schaefer (7)2–116:01 OTT
2nd period
Todd White (8)Zdeno Chara (11), Jody Hull (2)3–105:07 OTT · 
Anton Volchenkov (1)Peter Schaefer (8), Todd White (11)4–110:30 OTT
Marian Hossa (19)Radek Bonk (12), Daniel Alfredsson (17)5–119:36 OTT
3rd period
Joe Thornton (16)Unassisted5–210:45 BOS
Team stats
OTTBOS
2831
48%52%
0/31/4
86
10
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:30 into the first period
Brad Smyth · interference goalkeeper2 min - 4:17 into the first periodAnton Volchenkov · high sticking2 min
- 3:30 into the second periodShane Hnidy · interference2 min
- 13:22 into the second periodZdeno Chara · hooking2 min
- 4:55 into the third period
Nick Boynton · roughing2 min - 4:55 into the third periodNick Boynton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodGlen Murray · hooking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 15Peter SchaeferL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:35 |
| 28Todd WhiteC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 12Mike FisherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 16Jody HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 10:26 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 25Chris NeilR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:26 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 24Anton VolchenkovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:48 |
| 34Shane HnidyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 9Martin HavlatR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 20Magnus ArvedsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 38Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:40 |
| 23Karel RachunekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin PrusekG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
Boston Bruins
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 19:51 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 23:14 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 16:02 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 09:47 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | 16:44 |
| 22Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:35 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:14 |
| 36Ivan HumlL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:56 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:30 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:51 |
| 46Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 47John GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |