The Hartford Whalers were defeated by the Boston Bruins, 5 to 4, in overtime on January 2, 1997.

Final

Bruins

14-18-6

5

Whalers

17-15-6

4

Team

BOS

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

HFD

Ted Donato (EV) assisted by Rob DiMaio and Steve Staios

Ray Bourque (PP) assisted by Adam Oates

Todd Elik (EV) assisted by Kyle McLaren and Don Sweeney

Kevin Dineen (EV) assisted by Andrew Cassels and Geoff Sanderson

Steven Rice (PP) assisted by Curtis Leschyshyn and Glen Wesley

2nd period

BOS

HFD

Geoff Sanderson (EV) assisted by Kevin Dineen and Jeff O'Neill

Robert Kron (EV) assisted by Glen Wesley

3rd period

BOS

HFD

Jeff Odgers (EV) assisted by Brett Harkins and Don Sweeney

BOS

HFD

Ted Donato (EV) assisted by Adam Oates

Bruins

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Robbie Tallas (W) R. Tallas	1	0	0	20	16	.800	4	3.85	0	62

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
Dean Chynoweth D. Chynoweth	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rob DiMaio R. DiMaio	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Donato T. Donato	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	1	1	3	66.7
Todd Elik T. Elik	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brett Harkins B. Harkins	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Troy Mallette T. Mallette	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Trent McCleary T. McCleary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kyle McLaren K. McLaren	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
Jeff Odgers J. Odgers	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Barry Richter B. Richter	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jon Rohloff J. Rohloff	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Steve Staios S. Staios	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Stewart C. Stewart	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Don Sweeney D. Sweeney	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mattias Timander M. Timander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jason Muzzatti (L) J. Muzzatti	0	1	0	29	27	.931	2	2.08	0	58
Jean-Sebastien Giguere J. Giguere				5	2	.400	3	38.43	0	5

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Adam Burt A. Burt	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	0	1	1	0	12	0	0	2	0.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	1	1	2	+1	8	0	0	2	50.0
Hnat Domenichelli H. Domenichelli	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alexander Godynyuk A. Godynyuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stu Grimson S. Grimson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mark Janssens M. Janssens	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Robert Kron R. Kron	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	33.3
Curtis Leschyshyn C. Leschyshyn	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	1	0.0
Marek Malik M. Malik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Kent Manderville K. Manderville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jason McBain J. McBain	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Paul Ranheim P. Ranheim	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Steven Rice S. Rice	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	100.0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	4	25.0
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	2	0.0