Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, March 31, 1996 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–5 on Sunday, March 31, 1996 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 46–24.
Adam Oates scored twice, Jason Dawe scored twice and Dave Reid scored twice. Kyle McLaren, Michal Grosek, Jozef Stumpel, Brian Holzinger and Pat LaFontaine also scored.
Bill Ranford made 19 saves on 24 shots for the win; Andrei Trefilov stopped 40 of 46.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Oates (23)Todd Elik (33), Ray Bourque (56)1–013:04 BOS ·
2nd period
Jason Dawe (20)Randy Burridge (27), Derek Plante (28)1–110:55 BUF · 
Kyle McLaren (3)Jozef Stumpel (34)2–113:32 BOS- Jason Dawe (21)Pat LaFontaine (44), Randy Burridge (28)2–215:30 BUF
Michal Grosek (6)Unassisted2–318:36 BUF
3rd period
Jozef Stumpel (18)Ted Donato (24), Jon Rohloff (10)3–302:50 BOS · - Adam Oates (24)Ray Bourque (57)4–303:30 BOS ·
Brian Holzinger (8)Unassisted4–407:29 BUF
Pat LaFontaine (35)Darryl Shannon (12)4–508:19 BUF
Dave Reid (20)Kyle McLaren (8), Ron Sutter (6)5–510:46 BOS- Dave Reid (21)Don Sweeney (24)6–516:31 BOS ·
Team stats
BOSBUF
4624
0%0%
3/61/5
1516
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:26 into the first period
Steve Heinze · hooking2 min - 9:34 into the first periodTodd Elik · holding2 min
- 12:50 into the first period
Brian Holzinger · interference obstruction2 min - 16:19 into the first periodKyle McLaren · tripping2 min
- 2:34 into the second periodKevin Sawyer · fighting5 min
- 2:34 into the second periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
- 7:55 into the second periodBrian Holzinger · hooking2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodTed Donato · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBrian Holzinger · boarding5 min
- 5:06 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · interference2 min
- 15:47 into the third periodTodd Elik · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Adam OatesC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Dave ReidL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 46Kyle McLarenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 10Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Todd ElikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Kevin SawyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Marc PotvinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 41Philip Von StefenelliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 24 | 5 | .792 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Dane JacksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Rob ConnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Scott PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Mark AstleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | L | 46 | 6 | .870 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |