Boston Bruins vs Hartford Whalers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 27, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center

6–5

32–29

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 6–5 in overtime on Wednesday, March 27, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 32–29.

Brendan Shanahan scored twice and Jozef Stumpel scored twice. Sandy Moger, Robert Kron, Todd Elik, Dave Reid, Glen Wesley, Geoff Sanderson and Tim Sweeney also scored.

Bill Ranford made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 26 of 32.

Goals
BOS	1	3	1	1	6	32
HFD	1	3	1	0	5	29

Scoring

1st period

Brendan Shanahan (38)Nelson Emerson (27), Jeff Brown (39)0–113:27 HFD ·
Sandy Moger (12)Adam Oates (59), Ray Bourque (51)1–115:30 BOS ·

2nd period

Brendan Shanahan (39)Andrei Nikolishin (28), Robert Kron (25)1–204:11 HFD
Robert Kron (21)Andrei Nikolishin (29), Jeff Brown (40)1–306:47 HFD
Todd Elik (12)Ray Bourque (52)2–310:25 BOS
Dave Reid (19)Ron Sutter (3)3–314:20 BOS ·
Glen Wesley (8)Brendan Shanahan (29), Andrei Nikolishin (30)3–414:51 HFD ·
Jozef Stumpel (16)Todd Elik (31), Ray Bourque (53)4–419:59 BOS ·

3rd period

Geoff Sanderson (33)Glen Wesley (15), Brendan Shanahan (30)4–502:12 HFD ·
Jozef Stumpel (17)Todd Elik (32), Ray Bourque (54)5–518:32 BOS

Overtime

Tim Sweeney (7)Ron Sutter (4), Dave Reid (17)6–503:01 BOS

Team stats

BOSHFD

3229

0%0%

2/93/6

1925

Penalties

6:10 into the first periodSteve Staios · interference obstruction2 min
9:07 into the first periodScott Daniels · charging2 min
12:16 into the first periodSandy Moger · elbowing2 min
12:16 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · roughing2 min
12:45 into the first periodRay Bourque · tripping2 min
13:44 into the first periodAdam Burt · holding2 min
18:42 into the first periodJeff Brown · holding2 min
2:10 into the second periodTed Donato · hooking obstruction2 min
11:07 into the second periodGlen Wesley · tripping2 min
13:42 into the second periodDon Sweeney · hooking2 min
15:15 into the second periodMark Janssens · holding the stick2 min
18:56 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · tripping2 min
0:29 into the third periodSteve Heinze · holding obstruction2 min
2:46 into the third periodPaul Ranheim · cross checking2 min
5:06 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
6:22 into the third periodSandy Moger · instigator2 min
6:22 into the third periodSandy Moger · fighting5 min
6:22 into the third periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
13:48 into the third periodJeff O'Neill · holding obstruction2 min

Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	–
30Bill RanfordG	W	29	24	5	.828	63:01

Goalie
1Sean BurkeG	L	32	26	6	.813	63:01
29Jason MuzzattiG		0	0	0	–	–


77Ray BourqueD	0	4	4	+3	7	2	–	–
20Todd ElikL	1	2	3	+2	1	0	–	–
10Ron SutterC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	–	–
16Jozef StumpelL	2	0	2	+1	6	0	–	–
17Dave ReidL	1	1	2	+1	3	0	–	–
12Adam OatesC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	–	–
42Tim SweeneyR	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
45Sandy MogerR	1	0	1	−1	2	9	–	–
14Shawn McEachernL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
21Ted DonatoL	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
23Steve HeinzeR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
29Marc PotvinR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
47Ryan HughesC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
32Don SweeneyD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
34Rick ZomboD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
38Jon RohloffD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
46Kyle McLarenD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
48Steve StaiosD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–


94Brendan ShanahanL	2	2	4	−2	5	2	–	–
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	3	3	+1	2	0	–	–
18Robert KronC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
20Glen WesleyD	1	1	2	+1	2	2	–	–
27Jeff BrownD	0	2	2	−1	4	2	–	–
8Geoff SandersonL	1	0	1	−2	4	0	–	–
16Nelson EmersonR	0	1	1	−3	1	0	–	–
15Scott DanielsL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
21Andrew CasselsC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
22Mark JanssensC	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
24Sami KapanenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Paul RanheimL	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
39Kelly ChaseR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
92Jeff O'NeillC	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
4Gerald DiduckD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
6Adam BurtD	0	0	0	0	2	7	–	–
10Brad McCrimmonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
36Glen FeatherstoneD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

Season series

Boston Bruins

Hartford Whalers