New Jersey Devils vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, December 12, 1996 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Boston Bruins 7–4 on Thursday, December 12, 1996 at FleetCenter. The Devils outshot the Bruins 45–25.
John MacLean scored twice and Steve Heinze scored twice. Dave Andreychuk, Shawn Chambers, Ted Donato, Patrik Elias, Denis Pederson, Randy Mckay and Ray Bourque also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Andreychuk (10)Steve Sullivan (1), Patrik Elias (2)1–007:29 NJD
John MacLean (10)Denis Pederson (6), Valeri Zelepukin (9)2–008:33 NJD
Shawn Chambers (4)Dave Andreychuk (10), Steve Sullivan (2)3–010:45 NJD
Steve Heinze (15)Jozef Stumpel (15)3–114:11 BOS
Ted Donato (6)Jozef Stumpel (16)3–218:55 BOS
2nd period
Patrik Elias (1)Jay Pandolfo (3), Bobby Holik (16)4–216:25 NJD
3rd period
Denis Pederson (4)John MacLean (6), Valeri Zelepukin (10)5–203:49 NJD
Randy Mckay (3)Dave Andreychuk (11), Scott Stevens (6)6–206:08 NJD- Steve Heinze (16)Jozef Stumpel (17), Sheldon Kennedy (3)6–306:29 BOS
Ray Bourque (2)Jozef Stumpel (18), Steve Heinze (8)6–414:59 BOS- John MacLean (11)Denis Pederson (7), Valeri Zelepukin (11)7–418:42 NJD
Team stats
NJDBOS
4525
0%0%
0/20/0
59
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:06 into the second period
Andre Roy · fighting5 min - 3:06 into the second period
Jason Smith · fighting5 min - 9:27 into the second periodSteve Staios · interference2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodBarry Richter · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve SullivanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Patrik EliasC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |
Boston Bruins
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Sheldon KennedyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 49Andre RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 65Brett HarkinsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 46Barry RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 47Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 48Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 9 | 1 | .889 |