San Jose Sharks vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, December 23, 2002 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks 5–2 on Monday, December 23, 2002 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Sharks 38–27.
Goals came from Mike Knuble, Teemu Selanne, Bryan Berard, Ivan Huml, Joe Thornton, Jim Fahey and P.J. Axelsson.
John Grahame made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Evgeni Nabokov stopped 33 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Knuble (8)Joe Thornton (28), Bryan Berard (11)0–112:39 BOS · 
Teemu Selanne (18)Patrick Marleau (16), Marco Sturm (12)1–113:45 SJS
2nd period
Bryan Berard (8)Glen Murray (20), Mike Knuble (15)1–208:21 BOS · 
Ivan Huml (6)Sean O'Donnell (6), Lee Goren (1)1–313:40 BOS
3rd period
Joe Thornton (20)Glen Murray (21), Jonathan Girard (8)1–406:35 BOS
Jim Fahey (1)Jonathan Cheechoo (1), Scott Thornton (6)2–410:29 SJS
P.J. Axelsson (7)Brian Rolston (11)2–519:49 BOS ·
Team stats
SJSBOS
2738
41%59%
0/62/5
1214
11
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:13 into the first period
Brian Rolston · holding the stick2 min - 9:39 into the first periodMarty Mcinnis · holding2 min
- 11:27 into the first period
Dan Mcgillis · slashing2 min - 1:57 into the second periodMarty Mcinnis · hooking2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodMark Smith · holding the stick2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodSean Brown · roughing2 min
- 14:19 into the second periodMarco Sturm · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:45 into the second periodTeemu Selanne · holding2 min
- 3:47 into the third periodMike Knuble · holding2 min
- 5:28 into the third periodHal Gill · high sticking2 min
- 5:28 into the third periodScott Thornton · cross checking2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodRob Zamuner · slashing2 min
- 13:34 into the third periodScott Thornton · holding the stick2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:55 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:55 |
| 14Jonathan CheechooR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 06:45 |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 21Jim FaheyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 09:18 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:39 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:36 |
| 13Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:12 |
| 16Mark SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:15 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:09 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 2Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:41 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:18 |
| 7Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:41 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:13 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |
| 37Miikka KiprusoffG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:42 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:45 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:10 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:05 |
| 36Ivan HumlL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 05:35 |
| 37Lee GorenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:26 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:34 |
| 46Jonathan GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:06 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:01 |
| 17Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 11:11 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:51 |
| 28Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47John GrahameG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 70Tim ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – |