Boston Bruins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, March 5, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 5–3 on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 35–16.
Ziggy Palffy scored a hat trick. Wendel Clark, Sandy Moger, Rick Tocchet, Shawn McEachern and Dan Plante also scored.
Eric Fichaud made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 10 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Ziggy Palffy (31)Mathieu Schneider (34), Wendel Clark (18)0–103:51 NYI · 
Wendel Clark (23)Travis Green (35), Ziggy Palffy (37)0–215:44 NYI
2nd period
Sandy Moger (10)Todd Elik (21), Ray Bourque (43)1–201:55 BOS- Ziggy Palffy (32)Travis Green (36)1–304:06 NYI ·
Rick Tocchet (20)Adam Oates (50)2–304:58 BOS
3rd period
Shawn McEachern (20)Todd Elik (22), Ray Bourque (44)3–302:49 BOS- Ziggy Palffy (33)Mathieu Schneider (35)3–405:47 NYI
Dan Plante (3)Marty Mcinnis (27)3–513:32 NYI
Team stats
BOSNYI
3516
0%0%
0/42/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:41 into the first period
Tim Sweeney · tripping2 min - 9:37 into the first period
Chris Luongo · tripping2 min - 16:41 into the first periodBrent Severyn · elbowing2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodRick Zombo · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodKyle McLaren · interference2 min
- 15:03 into the second periodMartin Straka · holding2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 9:26 into the third periodBrent Severyn · roughing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 20Todd ElikL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 12Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Marc PotvinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Clayton BeddoesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 46Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 2 | 1 | .500 | |
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 14 | 4 | .714 |
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 72Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Jarrett DeulingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 0 | 0 | – |