2–3

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 2-0-1 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	0	0	0	2
COL	0	0	0	3

Bruins at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Bruins 3–2 at Ball Arena on October 7, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Oct 7, 1997 · 20:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Adam Deadmarsh

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 21:39 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Josef Marha

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 09:07 TOI

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Joe Sakic

1 G

4 shots · 21:07 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS COL🏔️

30 Shots on goal 23

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

13 Hits 16

8 Blocked shots 7

5 Takeaways 7

3 Giveaways 4

12 Penalty minutes 8

BOS shooting 6.7% (2/30) COL shooting 13.0% (3/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:56 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Craig Billington

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Bruins

Bruins — tied after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 2-0-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐻Bruins

L1 Samsonov · Bates · Khristich 18:21

L2 Donato · Allison · Carter 15:01

L3 Axelsson · Taylor · DiMaio 13:03

L4 Baumgartner · Heinze · Wilson 10:07

D1 Malkoc · McLaren 28:26

D2 Bourque · Sweeney 21:50

D3 Ellett · Timander 17:12

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Deadmarsh · Kurri 21:07

L2 Kamensky · Messier · Forsberg 17:23

L3 Lacroix · Yelle · Lemieux 14:02

L4 Corbet · Marha 9:43

D1 Lefebvre · Ozolinsh 20:24

D2 Foote · Krupp 19:24

D3 Gusarov · Klemm 14:04

D4 Leroux 4:43

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Feb 18, 1997

🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL

2–3 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ BOS vs COL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Avalanche on October 7, 1997?

Avalanche won 3–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Avalanche?

The final score was Bruins 2, Avalanche 3.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Craig Billington made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Oct 4

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Oct 5

Also on October 7, 1997

Bruins season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule