The New York Rangers defeated the Boston Bruins, 4 to 3, on December 28, 1997.

Final

Bruins

17-16-6

3

Rangers

12-17-12

4

Team

BOS

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

NYR

Dmitri Khristich (PP) assisted by Jason Allison and Dave Ellett

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Johan Lindbom

2nd period

BOS

NYR

Dave Ellett (EV) unassisted

Sergei Samsonov (PP) assisted by Ray Bourque and Cameron Mann

Mike Keane (EV) assisted by Brian Skrudland

3rd period

BOS

NYR

Adam Graves (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch and Wayne Gretzky

Brian Skrudland (EV) assisted by Bill Berg and Alexander Karpovtsev

Bruins

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Byron Dafoe (L) B. Dafoe	0	1	0	23	19	.826	4	4.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0
P.J. Axelsson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ken Baumgartner K. Baumgartner	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	5	0.0
Anson Carter A. Carter	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Rob DiMaio R. DiMaio	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Ellett D. Ellett	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	3	33.3
Hal Gill H. Gill	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Steve Heinze S. Heinze	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	0.0
Dmitri Khristich D. Khristich	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	2	50.0
Dean Malkoc D. Malkoc	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Cameron Mann C. Mann	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Kyle McLaren K. McLaren	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sergei Samsonov S. Samsonov	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
Mike Sullivan M. Sullivan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Don Sweeney D. Sweeney	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Tim Taylor T. Taylor	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Darren Van Impe D. Van Impe	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	29	26	.897	3	3.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0
Jeff Finley J. Finley	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	0	1	+1	0	0	1	100.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1	1	2	+2	0	0	5	20.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Mike Keane M. Keane	1	0	1	+2	0	0	1	100.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	1	1	+3	2	0	2	0.0
Johan Lindbom J. Lindbom	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+3	4	0	1	0.0
Brian Skrudland B. Skrudland	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	100.0
Kevin Stevens K. Stevens	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0.0
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vladimir Vorobiev V. Vorobiev	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0