🐻 Away Bruins 17-12-3 before this game
6–2
Final
🐆 Home Panthers 13-14-5 before this game
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Bruins at Panthers

Bruins beat Panthers 6–2 at Amerant Bank Arena on December 15, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Dec 15, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Panthers lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Steve Heinze
1 G, 1 A
8 shots · 15:44 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Dmitri Khristich
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:33 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Ted Donato
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:13 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐻BOS FLA🐆
40 Shots on goal 28
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
1 Hits 10
1 Blocked shots 1
18 Takeaways 20
3 Giveaways 10
10 Penalty minutes 8
BOS shooting 15.0% (6/40) FLA shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐻Bruins
Byron Dafoe
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:57 TOI
🐆Panthers
Mark Fitzpatrick
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 20:00 TOI
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 39:50 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 17-12-3 (53% win rate, 32 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 13-14-5 (41% win rate, 32 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 2nd: 17-12-3 (53% win rate, 32 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 2nd: 13-14-5 (41% win rate, 32 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐻Bruins
L1 Axelsson · Taylor · DiMaio 17:17
L2 Allison · Khristich · Heinze 16:27
L3 Donato · Samsonov · Carter 15:13
L4 Baumgartner · Sullivan 9:42
D1 Bourque · Sweeney 27:00
D2 McLaren · Ellett 23:14
D3 Gill · Van Impe 10:25
D4 Timander 6:24
🐆Panthers
L1 Whitney · Gagner · Sheppard 17:32
L2 Washburn · Mellanby · Dvorak 16:19
L3 Muller · Lindsay · Nemirovsky 13:32
L4 Wells · Johnson · Fitzgerald 12:57
D1 Svehla · Murphy 21:30
D2 Warrener · Jovanovski 18:20
D3 Laus · Carkner 16:55

⚔️ Last meetings

Panthers lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 26, 1997
🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA
5–10 · Panthers won
Oct 25, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS
5–4 · Panthers won
Apr 5, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · Bruins won
Mar 9, 1997
🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA
3–1 · Bruins won
Jan 30, 1997
🐻BOS @ 🐆FLA
1–3 · Panthers won

❓ BOS vs FLA, answered

Who won Bruins vs Panthers on December 15, 1997?

Bruins won 6–2.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Panthers?

The final score was Bruins 6, Panthers 2.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Mark Fitzpatrick made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Panthers season series?

Panthers lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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 · Dec 13
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · BOS won
Next game · Dec 17
🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL
0–2 · TBL won
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Dec 13
🐆FLA @ 🏝️NYI
1–4 · NYI won
Next game · Dec 17
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
4–2 · NYR won
Also on December 15, 1997
🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 final
🏛️OTT @ 🎵STL
3–1 final
⚔️BUF @ ⭐DAL
4–8 final
🍁TOR @ 🏔️COL
2–3 final
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
0–7 final
Bruins season page Panthers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule