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coastCLASH 3!!
Boston Bruins vs. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
October 11. 2000
Arrowhead Pond
Anaheim, California

Well, the Bruins were the victors in this 60 minute plus battle in which the B's pulled it out over the Ducks. We've got the game summary, the recaps, the pics, and some game audio courtesy of WBZ 1030am in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Teemu Selanne and Jason Allison's Goal in the clash!!
gameSUMMARY recapS
Bruins-Mighty Ducks, Sums
 Boston  0 2 0 1 3
Anaheim 1 0 1 0 2

First Period 1, Anaheim, Selanne 1 (LeClerc, Kariya), 13:59
(pp). Penalties Popovic, Bos (interference), 2:03; Tverdovsky, Ana
(holding), 4:31; Belanger, Bos (interference), 10:31; Bates, Bos
(cross-checking), 13:13; Salei, Ana (slashing), 19:11.

Second Period 2, Boston, Thornton 3 (Allison, Rolston), 4:17
(pp). 3, Boston, Kovalenko 3 (Rolston, Allison), 19:15 (pp).
Penalties Belanger, Bos (roughing), 3:10; Nazarov, Ana, double
minor (interference, roughing), 3:10; McLaren, Bos (slashing),
4:59; Salei, Ana (tripping), 7:46; Samsonov, Bos (slashing), 9:04;
Kultanen, Bos (boarding), 9:45; Eloranta, Bos, double minor
(high-sticking), 15:41; Salei, Ana (interference), 15:41; Cummins,
Ana (cross-checking), 18:06.

Third Period 4, Anaheim, Cummins 2 (Bylsma, Hrkac), 2:57.
Penalties Salei, Ana (holding), 13:56; Marshall, Ana (slashing)
15:43.

Overtime 5, Boston, Thornton 4 (Allison, Van Impe), 2:03 (pp)
Penalty Salei, Ana (slashing), 1:40.

Shots on goal Boston 8-10-8-2 28. Anaheim 14-4-11-1 30.
   Power-play Opportunities Boston 3 of 8; Anaheim 1 of 7.
   Goalies Boston, Raycroft 2-0-0 (30 shots-28 saves). Anaheim,
Hebert 1-2-0 (28-25).
   A 11,167 (17,174).
   Referees Mick McGeough, Dan O'Halloran. Linesmen Mark Wheler,
Vaughan Rody.

AP 10/12/2000 01:27

 LA Times
Joe Thornton scored two power-play goals, the second with 2:57 left in overtime, and Jason Allison had three assists as the Boston Bruins beat the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3/2 Wednesday night. 
     The winning goal came 23 seconds after Ducks defenseman Ruslan Salei was sent off for slashing Sergei Samsonov -Salei's fifth minor penalty of the game and second for slashing. 
     Darren Van Impe had the puck at the right point and fed it cross-ice to Allison, whose high shot deflected in off Thornton and over Guy Hebert's glove. 
     Andre Kovalenko also scored on a power play for the Bruins, who were 3 -for/8 with the man advantage while extending their season-opening unbeaten streak to four. Brian Rolston had two assists in the opener of Boston's five-game road trip. 
     Teemu Selanne got his first goal of the season for the Ducks. Anaheim enforcer Jim Cummins, whose cross-checking penalty led to Boston's go-ahead goal, got it back less than three minutes into the third to tie it 2/2. 
     Dan Bylsma got the puck in the neutral zone from Tony Hrkac, put on a burst of speed to elude Van Impe and fed the puck into the slot, where Cummins beat rookie Andrew Raycroft high to the glove side from about 10 feet for the equalizer. 
     The goal was the second of the season and 20th in 368 NHL games for Cummins, who had only three in 47 games last season with Montreal. His career high is six, with Chicago in 1996 -97. 
     Thornton tied it 1 -1 at 4:17 of the second with his third goal in four games, parking himself in front of the net and converting Allison's cross-ice feed while Anaheim's Andrei Nazarov was off for interference. 
     Cummins was sent off less than two minutes before the second intermission for hitting Samsonov from behind, and the Bruins took their only lead with 45 seconds left in the period. 
     Rolston's long slap slot from the slot was wide of the right post, but the puck took a hard carom off the end boards and Kovalenko tucked it into the net with Hebert out of position. 
     Selanne and Paul Kariya, both of whom failed to record a point in Anaheim's first two games for the second year in a row, collaborated on a power-play goal that opened the scoring at 13:59 of the first period. 
     Shawn Bates was off for cross-checking when Selanne converted Mike Leclerc's pass through the slot for his 200th goal since joining the Ducks on Feb. 7, 1996, in a trade from the Winnipeg Jets. Notes:@ Hebert got a break with 2:11 left in the first period when Rolston hit the left post from short range. ... Boston goalie Byron Dafoe, who hasn't played since straining his left hamstring with 11 1/2 minutes left in the third period of Saturday's win at Philadelphia, dressed as Raycroft's backup. ... Kariya and Selanne were teamed together only on power plays. Coach Craig Hartsburg split them up on their regular shifts, putting Kariya with Marty McInnis and center Matt Cullen, while Selanne skated with Leclerc and center Antti Aalto. ... Paul Coffey, who needs four goals to join Ray Bourque as the only NHL defensemen to score at least 400, missed his third straight game because of a bruised left shoulder. 
NESN Recap
Joe Thornton scored the game- winning goal with 2:57 left in overtime and finished with two goals as the Boston Bruins defeated the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 3-2. Jason Allison had three assists for the Bruins, who remained unbeaten. 
With a man-advantage, Allison fired a shot from the left point and had the puck deflect off Thornton's right side into the net for the winning tally. 
Jim Cummins evened the game at 2-2 for the Ducks 2:57 into the third period. On a two-on-one, Cummins took a pass streaking through the right circle and wristed a shot past Andrew Raycroft's left side. 
Raycroft made 28 saves for Boston, while Anaheim netminder Guy Hebert stopped 25 shots. 
The Mighty Ducks went up 1-0 in the first period on a power-play goal by Teemu Selanne. Mike Leclerc passed the puck from the left post over to the right post, where Selanne wristed it home with six minutes left in the frame. 
Thornton tied the game at 1-1 for Boston in the second period with a power-play goal, wristing in a shot from the left circle at the 4:17 mark. 
Boston took their first lead at 2-1 with 45 seconds left in the second on another power play. Brian Rolston missed the net with a shot that hit the back boards and bounced back in front to Andrei Kovalenko, who wristed it in the net. 
Selanne's goal was his 200th as a Duck...Ruslan Salei totaled five penalties for Anaheim...Byron Dafoe dressed as Raycroft's backup, but did not play for the second straight game after injuring his hamstring versus Philadelphia...Boston converted 3-of-8 power plays, while the Mighty Ducks finished 1-of-7. 
Boston Globe Recap
Joe Thornton scored two power-play goals, the second with 2:57 left in overtime, and Jason Allison had three assists as the Boston Bruins beat the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3-2 Wednesday night.
The winning goal came 23 seconds after Ducks defenseman Ruslan Salei was sent off for slashing Sergei Samsonov -- Salei's fifth minor penalty of the game and second for slashing.
Darren Van Impe had the puck at the right point and fed it cross-ice to Allison, whose high shot deflected in off Thornton and over Guy Hebert's glove.
Andre Kovalenko also scored on a power play for the Bruins, who were 3-for-8 with the man advantage while extending their season-opening unbeaten streak to four. Brian Rolston had two assists in the opener of Boston's five-game road trip.
Teemu Selanne got his first goal of the season for the Ducks. Anaheim enforcer Jim Cummins, whose cross-checking penalty led to Boston's go-ahead goal, got it back less than three minutes into the third to tie it 2-2.
Dan Bylsma got the puck in the neutral zone from Tony Hrkac, put on a burst of speed to elude Van Impe and fed the puck into the slot, where Cummins beat rookie Andrew Raycroft high to the glove side from about 10 feet for the equalizer.
The goal was the second of the season and 20th in 368 NHL games for Cummins, who had only three in 47 games last season with Montreal. His career high is six, with Chicago in 1996-97.
Thornton tied it 1-1 at 4:17 of the second with his third goal in four games, parking himself in front of the net and converting Allison's cross-ice feed while Anaheim's Andrei Nazarov was off for interference.
Cummins was sent off less than two minutes before the second intermission for hitting Samsonov from behind, and the Bruins took their only lead with 45 seconds left in the period.
Rolston's long slap slot from the slot was wide of the right post, but the puck took a hard carom off the end boards and Kovalenko tucked it into the net with Hebert out of position.
Selanne and Paul Kariya, both of whom failed to record a point in Anaheim's first two games for the second year in a row, collaborated on a power-play goal that opened the scoring at 13:59 of the first period.
Shawn Bates was off for cross-checking when Selanne converted Mike Leclerc's pass through the slot for his 200th goal since joining the Ducks on Feb. 7, 1996, in a trade from the Winnipeg Jets.
Notes: Hebert got a break with 2:11 left in the first period when Rolston hit the left post from short range. ... Boston goalie Byron Dafoe, who hasn't played since straining his left hamstring with 11 minutes left in the third period of Saturday's win at Philadelphia, dressed as Raycroft's backup. ... Kariya and Selanne were teamed together only on power plays. Coach Craig Hartsburg split them up on their regular shifts, putting Kariya with Marty McInnis and center Matt Cullen, while Selanne skated with Leclerc and center Antti Aalto. ... Paul Coffey, who needs four goals to join Ray Bourque as the only NHL defensemen to score at least 400, missed his third straight game because of a bruised left shoulder.
Boston Herald Recap
Ottawa, Philadelphia, Florida and Anaheim now all have something in common - winless efforts against the Bruins.
The Mighty Ducks gave it their best shot, but the Black 'n' Gold juggernaut still can't be beat, as last night the Bruins kicked off their west coast swing with a 3-2 overtime win.
Joe Thornton got the game-winner, netting his second goal of the game at 2:03 of OT. The Bruins had a man-advantage when Thornton deflected a Jason Allison slapper from the left point in the extra period.
All three Bruin goals came on the power play, with Thornton (Nos. 3 & 4) and Andrei Kovalenko (No. 3) netting the tallies.
Teemu Selanne and Jim Cummins countered for Anaheim.
The B's are now 3-0-1 on the young season.
Jason Allison (2-8-10 season totals) had assists on all three Bruin tallies, while rookie Andrew Raycroft (28 saves) once again backboned the effort in net.
"He's an impressive goalie,'' Bruins coach Pat Burns said. ``He's cool. He stays square to the puck. He's like a young Patrick Roy.''
At the outset, the Bruins' formula for success seemed straightforward enough: devise a way to stop the Mighty Ducks' dynamic duo of Paul Kariya and Selanne.
``We were OK, not great,'' Burns said. ``The key was keeping Kariya and Selanne off the board. (Don) Sweeney and (Kyle) McLaren did a helluva job on them.''
They had to shut them down, just as they had snuffed out Florida superstar Pavel Bure in Monday's home matinee.
Interestingly, the big news at the Arrowhead Pond last night - aside from a largely empty building (it made the Fleet look packed by comparison) - was the splitting of the superstar tandem.
Mighty Ducks coach Craig Hartsburg had the Kariya, Selanne and German Titov line separated during even-strength situations. Given the fact that neither Kariya nor Selanne had a point in the Ducks' first two games, Hartsburg felt compelled to do something to help jump-start them.
Well, it didn't take long for Kariya and Selanne to change their fortunes, as Selanne got the Ducks on the board first with a power-play goal at 13:59 of the opening period.
Kariya, playing the left point, set the play in motion with a feed down to Mike Leclerc. Leclerc found Selanne by himself. All Selanne had to do was redirect the pass between Raycroft's pads.
For their part, the B's were a bit sluggish out of the blocks, never generating much in the way of offense against Ducks goalie Guy Hebert. Partly due to being shorthanded much of the opening period, the B's weren't able to get into their aggressive forechecking style of previous games.
Their best scoring chance came with Brian Rolston hitting the post with 2:10 to play in the period, after being set up by Allison.
Given this game turned into another excellent adventure in power plays and penalty kills (16 minors were called in the first two periods alone), the B's would have plenty more opportunities, and eventually evened the slate with Thornton scoring at 4:17 of the second.
Allison pretty much set up Thornton for a freebie, as the play broke down to a 2-on-1 in front of the net, with Allison threading a pass across to Thornton for an easy tap into the open side.
The B's tacked on another power-play goal later in the period to take a 2-1 lead into the third.
On this one, Kovalenko got the gift of a good carom off the end boards, as Rolston's blast from the point went wide and bounced right on the stick of Kovalenko, who easily steered it into the net.
Mighty Ducks.com
Joe Thornton scored his second power-play goal of the game with 2:57 remaining in overtime as the Boston Bruins remained unbeaten with a 3-2 victory over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. 
With Anaheim defenseman Ruslan Salei off for slashing, Jason Allison took a turnaround cross-ice pass from defenseman Darren Van Impe at the top of the left faceoff circle before firing a shot that glanced off Thornton's chest and past goaltender Guy Hebert for the game-winner. 
"They just wanted me to get in front of the net, create something out front," Thornton said. "I think Jason just saw my back and my big butt and he just shot for it and luckily it went in." 
It was a rough night for Salei, who committed five minor penalties on the night, including two for slashing. Known as one of the more dirtier players in the NHL, Salei finished second on the team with 94 penalty minutes last season. 
"It was a questionable call to give them a 4-on-3 but if they are going to call that, I just hope they make sure thay call it all year long -- the same for both teams," Anaheim's Paul Kariya said. 
Thornton, who led the Bruins with 23 goals and 60 points last season, has already tallied four times this season. 
"Things are going great for me right now," Thornton said. "Hopefully, I won't jinx myself and it can continue." 
Nine of Boston's 16 goals this season have come with the man advantage, spanning 32 chances. Andrei Kovalenko also had a power-play goal with 45 seconds remaining in the second period, his third tally of the season. 
"We have a good feeling on the power play," Thornton said. "As long as we have that and can shoot the puck, we'll be successful this year." 
The Bruins, who missed the playoffs last season after an 0-5-4 start, improved to 3-0-1. It is their best output through four games since opening the 1990-91 campaign with four straight victories. 
"I'm not that thrilled about it," Boston coach Pat Burns said of the start. "I've been around too long to be thrilled with a quick start. We are happy with it but it's too early." 
Anaheim enforcer Jim Cummins scored his team-leading second goal of the season at 2:57 of the third period, tying the game at 2-2. Cummins had only three goals in 47 contests with Montreal in 1999-2000 and has 20 in 368 career games. 
"That's the breaks," Kariya said. "We battled back in the third period and we did a lot of good things. We let it slip a little in the second peroid and let them get back in their game. But overall, it was a better effort than on Sunday." 
Teemu Selanne also scored for the Ducks, who completed a 1-2 homestand. They embark on a five-game road trip, starting Saturday in New Jersey. 
"It was a heck of a game," Anaheim coach Craig Hartsburg said. "The tempo was great and both teams played hard. I guess to lose a game like that it does feel like we lost something but we gained a point. It's a step in the right direction. We've got to make it a habit of playing like that." 
Boston rookie goaltender Andrew Raycroft continued to play well in place of the injured Byron Dafoe, stopping 28 shots. He is 2-0-0 this season in the backup role, which he gained after John Grahame was lost for the season with an ankle fracture. 
"They're all fun," Raycroft said of his playing time. "I'm just having a ton of fun up here. I felt more relaxed and a lot more solid." 
Dafoe is nursing hamstring injury but according to Burns, could have played tonight. He may start Friday at Los Angeles. 
Orange County Register
A strong effort by the Mighty Ducks on Wednesday night ended in disappointment when the Boston Bruins pulled out a 3-2 overtime victory on a freak, power-play goal by Joe Thornton.
Twenty-three seconds after Ducks defenseman Ruslan Salei went off for slashing Boston left wing Sergei Samsonov, Jason Allison's shot from the top of the left-wing faceoff circle glanced off Thornton's upper body, then off the glove of Ducks goaltender Guy Hebert and into the net.
"It's a strange feeling, really," Ducks coach Craig Hartsburg said. "The way I look at it, it's a 2-2 game. That goal was a fluke. It deflected off a player and you have no idea where the puck is."
Only 11,167 fans turned out to see the Ducks' third game of the season, marking the second-smallest crowd for a Ducks game at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in the club's eight-year history. The gathering was barely larger than the 11,134 that showed up for Sunday's 5-1 loss to St. Louis.
Those who stayed for Wednesday's overtime saw Salei whistled for his fifth minor penalty of the game on a somewhat dubious call. Salei appeared to do a nice job tying up Samsonov's stick, but fell victim to the NHL's crackdown on slashing.
"That's the way they are going to call it," Hartsburg said. "I'm not here to debate the call." Despite losing, the Ducks (1-1-0-1) received a point in the Western Conference standings for the overtime loss.
The Ducks took a 1-0 lead on a first-period, power-play goal by Teemu Selanne before the Bruins (3-0-1-0) seized the advantage on second-period, power-play strikes by Thornton and Andrei Kovalenko.
Jim Cummins' second goal of the seasonpulled the Ducks even at 2:57 of the third period.