Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Thursday, April 25, 1996 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 6–2 on Thursday, April 25, 1996 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Panthers 33–20.
Adam Oates scored twice. Bill Lindsay, Jon Rohloff, Rick Tocchet, Cameron Stewart, Ray Sheppard and Shawn McEachern also scored.
Bill Ranford made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Oates (1)Todd Elik (1), Marc Potvin (1)0–104:48 BOS
2nd period
Bill Lindsay (1)Brian Skrudland (1), John Vanbiesbrouck (1)1–102:49 FLA
Jon Rohloff (1)Adam Oates (4), Dave Reid (2)1–205:07 BOS · 
Rick Tocchet (4)Todd Elik (2), Jon Rohloff (2)1–305:49 BOS
Cameron Stewart (1)Ted Donato (1), Don Sweeney (1)1–410:54 BOS
3rd period
Ray Sheppard (4)Jason Woolley (4), Dave Lowry (1)2–401:58 FLA- Adam Oates (2)Don Sweeney (2), Ray Bourque (4)2–505:35 BOS ·
Shawn McEachern (2)Steve Heinze (1), Adam Oates (5)2–616:26 BOS
Team stats
FLABOS
2033
0%0%
0/51/4
2121
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:33 into the first period
Kyle McLaren · cross checking2 min - 20:00 into the first periodShawn McEachern · holding obstruction2 min
- 4:43 into the second period
Geoff Smith · high sticking2 min - 6:20 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · hooking2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodTodd Elik · slashing2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodJason Woolley · hooking2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodShawn McEachern · high sticking2 min
- 5:35 into the third periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:50 into the third periodJon Rohloff · roughing2 min
- 7:50 into the third periodTom Fitzgerald · roughing2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodJason Woolley · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:44 into the third periodSandy Moger · roughing2 min
- 10:44 into the third periodBill Lindsay · roughing2 min
- 13:35 into the third periodRick Tocchet · fighting5 min
- 13:35 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · fighting5 min
- 14:14 into the third periodShawn McEachern · slashing2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodMarc Potvin · roughing2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodScott Mellanby · tripping2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 11 | 2 | .818 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
Boston Bruins
| 12Adam OatesC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 20Todd ElikL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Dave ReidL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 26Cameron StewartL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Marc PotvinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 46Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |