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Saturday, December 20, 1997 · FleetCenter

Islanders 4 at Bruins 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 76OVR Bryan Smolinski Islanders First Star 3A · 3 SOG R 95OVR Dmitri Khristich Bruins Second Star 2G · 5 SOG R 79OVR Tom Chorske Islanders Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:47 Dmitri Khristich (11) Darren Van Impe (5), Anson Carter (14) · Wrist NYI 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 16:32 Tom Chorske (6) Todd Bertuzzi (8), Bryan Smolinski (15) · Wrist NYI 1 – 1 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 5:43 Ziggy Palffy (17) Bryan Smolinski (16), Tom Chorske (11) NYI 2 – 1 BOS
  2. 8:56 Travis Green (11) Bryan Berard (13), Robert Reichel (22) NYI 3 – 1 BOS
  3. 12:46 Dmitri Khristich (12) Don Sweeney (7), Anson Carter (15) · Slap NYI 3 – 2 BOS
  4. 13:10 Kyle McLaren (4) Mike Sullivan (4) · Slap NYI 3 – 3 BOS
  5. 19:46 Todd Bertuzzi (6) PPG Kenny Jonsson (12), Bryan Smolinski (17) NYI 4 – 3 BOS

3rd Period

No scoring

New York Islanders

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bryan Smolinski C 0 3 3 2 2 +1 16:21 2.25
Tom Chorske R 1 1 2 0 1 +1 15:46 1.73
Todd Bertuzzi R 1 1 1 1 0 0 11:55 1.40
Ziggy Palffy R 1 0 1 1 1 +1 20:58 1.03
Kenny Jonsson D 0 1 2 2 2 0 28:26 0.88
Bryan Berard D 0 1 2 1 1 0 22:47 0.83
Robert Reichel C 0 1 2 0 0 0 18:37 0.78
Travis Green C 1 0 2 2 0 -1 18:14 0.50
Scott Lachance D 0 0 0 4 2 +1 21:51 0.25
Mariusz Czerkawski R 0 0 2 2 0 0 8:19 0.15
Vladimir Orszagh L 0 0 0 0 1 0 5:35 0.05
Bryan McCabe D 0 0 2 1 3 -2 17:25 0.00
Claude Lapointe C 0 0 1 3 2 -2 16:58 -0.12
Mike Hough L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 16:55 -0.15
Paul Kruse L 0 0 0 1 1 0 14:37 -0.15
Ken Belanger L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1:26 -0.15
Rich Pilon D 0 0 0 4 1 0 18:13 -0.40
Doug Houda D 0 0 0 1 1 -2 9:45 -0.40
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tommy Salo W 32 29 3 .906 60:00 0.65

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dmitri Khristich R 2 0 5 2 1 +1 20:19 2.03
Anson Carter R 0 2 2 1 0 0 19:39 1.45
Kyle McLaren D 1 0 2 7 2 +1 22:15 1.15
Mike Sullivan C 0 1 1 2 0 +2 16:09 1.00
Don Sweeney D 0 1 0 4 0 +2 18:29 0.93
Darren Van Impe D 0 1 1 1 0 +1 13:19 0.85
Landon Wilson R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 7:19 0.30
Cameron Mann R 0 0 2 1 0 +1 7:48 0.25
Rob DiMaio R 0 0 2 1 0 0 16:50 0.10
Steve Heinze R 0 0 4 0 0 -1 16:35 0.10
P.J. Axelsson L 0 0 1 1 0 0 18:54 0.08
Dave Ellett D 0 0 1 1 0 0 26:39 0.08
Tim Taylor C 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:26 0.00
Hal Gill D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5:28 0.00
Ray Bourque D 0 0 2 2 2 -2 16:46 -0.05
Jason Allison C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 19:42 -0.08
Ken Baumgartner L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:57 -0.15
Ted Donato L 0 0 2 0 0 0 7:55 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Byron Dafoe L 20 16 4 .800 59:08 -1.40