Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, December 4, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 on Wednesday, December 4, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 33–22.
Goals came from Sandy Moger, Jozef Stumpel, Steve Heinze, Saku Koivu, Mark Recchi, Brian Savage and Rob DiMaio.
Scott Bailey made 12 saves on 15 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Sandy Moger (5)Andre Roy (1), Brett Harkins (4)1–002:41 BOS
Jozef Stumpel (10)Barry Richter (8), Landon Wilson (5)2–009:54 BOS
2nd period
Steve Heinze (12)Adam Oates (15), Jozef Stumpel (12)3–003:09 BOS · 
Saku Koivu (12)Vincent Damphousse (17), Mark Recchi (19)3–106:30 MTL · 
Mark Recchi (14)Brian Savage (15)3–214:15 MTL
3rd period
Brian Savage (13)Saku Koivu (25)3–311:57 MTL
Rob DiMaio (5)Sheldon Kennedy (2), Kyle McLaren (3)4–315:49 BOS
Team stats
BOSMTL
3322
0%0%
1/21/5
159
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:49 into the first period
Sandy Moger · hooking obstruction2 min - 1:55 into the second period
Scott Thornton · interference obstruction2 min - 5:11 into the second periodBarry Richter · holding2 min
- 13:30 into the second periodLandon Wilson · fighting5 min
- 13:30 into the second periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 15:02 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:59 into the second periodBrett Harkins · slashing2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · tripping obstruction2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodAndre Roy · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 49Andre RoyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 65Brett HarkinsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 46Barry RichterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 39Scott BaileyG | W | 15 | 3 | .800 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Pierre SevignyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |