Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, March 28, 1996 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, March 28, 1996 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 44-30.
Goals came from Saku Koivu, Steve Heinze, Sandy Moger, Ron Sutter, Valeri Bure, Andrei Kovalenko and Marc Bureau.
Jocelyn Thibault made 41 saves on 44 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Saku Koivu (18)Lyle Odelein (13)1–014:21 MTL
2nd period
Steve Heinze (15)Don Sweeney (23), Rick Zombo (10)1–117:56 BOS
3rd period
Sandy Moger (13)Dave Reid (18), Ron Sutter (5)1–204:10 BOS
Ron Sutter (2)Sandy Moger (11), Ray Bourque (55)1–306:41 BOS
Valeri Bure (18)Saku Koivu (25), Martin Rucinsky (42)2–307:43 MTL · PPG
Andrei Kovalenko (27)Pierre Turgeon (53), Mark Recchi (49)3–315:42 MTL
OT period
Marc Bureau (2)Turner Stevenson (15), Lyle Odelein (14)4–302:07 MTL
Team stats
MTLBOS
30Shots on goal44
0%Faceoff %0%
1/3Power play0/2
8Penalty minutes10
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:38
Craig Rivet · hooking2 min - 1st 12:15
Ray Bourque · interference2 min - 1st 16:32Rick Zombo · holding2 min
- 2nd 13:09Marc Potvin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:09Turner Stevenson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:20Lyle Odelein · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 07:07Don Sweeney · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 09:14Steve Staios · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:14Martin Rucinsky · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 56Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 44 | 41 | 3 | .932 | 62:07 |
Boston Bruins
| 10Ron SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Dave ReidL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 34Rick ZomboD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 14Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Todd ElikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Marc PotvinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 47Ryan HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 46Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 62:07 |