Boston Bruins vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, October 12, 1996 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks 5–3 on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at San Jose Arena. The Bruins outshot the Sharks 34–20.
Goals came from Tony Granato, Bernie Nicholls, Viktor Kozlov, Barry Richter, Rick Tocchet, Jeff Odgers, Steve Heinze and Adam Oates.
Bill Ranford made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Tony Granato (4)Al Iafrate (3), Greg Hawgood (1)0–104:08 SJS · 
Bernie Nicholls (4)Tony Granato (2), Owen Nolan (5)0–205:59 SJS
2nd period
Viktor Kozlov (2)Tim Hunter (1)0–303:25 SJS
Barry Richter (1)Mattias Timander (1), Don Sweeney (2)1–308:41 BOS
Rick Tocchet (2)Todd Elik (3), Adam Oates (1)2–309:03 BOS
3rd period
Jeff Odgers (2)Ray Bourque (1), Rob DiMaio (1)3–307:17 BOS
Steve Heinze (3)Ted Donato (1), Ray Bourque (2)4–312:01 BOS
Adam Oates (2)Rick Tocchet (2), Steve Staios (1)5–316:57 BOS
Team stats
BOSSJS
3420
0%0%
0/51/4
3022
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:26 into the first period
Steve Staios · high sticking2 min - 3:04 into the first periodTroy Mallette · fighting5 min
- 3:04 into the first periodTroy Mallette · misconduct10 min
- 3:04 into the first periodDon Sweeney · tripping2 min
- 3:04 into the first period
Tim Hunter · fighting5 min - 7:40 into the first periodMichal Sykora · cross checking2 min
- 12:36 into the first periodGreg Hawgood · holding2 min
- 14:04 into the first periodRick Tocchet · fighting5 min
- 14:04 into the first periodAl Iafrate · fighting5 min
- 15:18 into the first periodCameron Stewart · roughing2 min
- 15:18 into the first periodGreg Hawgood · roughing2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodMike Rathje · hooking2 min
- 16:20 into the second periodDon Sweeney · slashing2 min
- 2:57 into the third periodShean Donovan · hooking2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodOwen Nolan · elbowing2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodTrent McCleary · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Adam OatesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Todd ElikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 46Barry RichterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 47Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Cameron StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 52David EmmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 39Scott BaileyG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 21Tony GranatoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 43Al IafrateD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 38Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |