Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 28, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3–1 on Wednesday, February 28, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Bruins 40–33.
Goals came from Ray Bourque, Rick Tocchet, Bruce Driver and Steve Heinze.
Bill Ranford made 39 saves on 40 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Ray Bourque (18)Adam Oates (48)1–009:02 BOS · 
Rick Tocchet (19)Shawn McEachern (25), Adam Oates (49)2–011:37 BOS
Bruce Driver (3)Pat Verbeek (40), Brian Leetch (53)2–114:39 NYR ·
3rd period
Steve Heinze (9)Stephen Leach (13), Jon Rohloff (7)3–115:29 BOS
Team stats
BOSNYR
3340
0%0%
1/31/3
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:46 into the first period
Alex Kovalev · hooking2 min - 10:13 into the first period
Stephen Leach · fighting5 min - 10:13 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 12:05 into the first periodDean Chynoweth · elbowing2 min
- 6:00 into the second periodStephen Leach · holding the stick2 min
- 9:00 into the second periodAlexander Karpovtsev · boarding2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodPhilip Von Stefenelli · holding2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodRay Bourque · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodSteve Heinze · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodRay Ferraro · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodRay Ferraro · slashing2 min
- 15:43 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · elbowing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Adam OatesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Todd ElikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37Clayton BeddoesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Davis PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 41Philip Von StefenelliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 46Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 40 | 1 | .975 |
New York Rangers
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 21Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 34Jamie RamG | 0 | 0 | – |