1995–96 Boston Bruins season

The 1995–96 Boston Bruins season was the team's 72nd season. It was the Bruins' first season at Fleet Center, which replaced Boston Garden as their home venue.

1995–96 Boston Bruins
Division	2nd Northeast
Conference	5th Eastern
1995–96 record	40-31-11
Home record	22-14-5
Road record	18-17-6
Goals for	282
Goals against	269
Team information
Coach	Steve Kasper
Captain	Ray Bourque
Arena	Fleet Center
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	Cam Neely (26)
Assists	Adam Oates (67)
Points	Adam Oates (92)
Penalty minutes	Dean Chynoweth (88)
Plus/minus	Ray Bourque (+31)
Wins	Bill Ranford (21)
Goals against average	Bill Ranford (2.83)

Regular season

During the regular season, the Bruins led the league in shots on goal with 2,838.[1]

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
2	Boston Bruins	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
3	Montreal Canadiens	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
4	Hartford Whalers	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
5	Buffalo Sabres	82	33	42	7	247	262	72
6	Ottawa Senators	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Eastern Conference[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
3	New York Rangers	ATL	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
7	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
8	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	38	32	12	238	248	88
9	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
11	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	33	42	7	247	262	73
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	22	50	10	229	315	54
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 7, 1995	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96)	0–0–1
2	W	October 9, 1995	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	1–0–1
3	L	October 11, 1995	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	1–1–1
4	T	October 12, 1995	6–6 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	1–1–2
5	L	October 14, 1995	5–6	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	1–2–2
6	W	October 17, 1995	7–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	2–2–2
7	L	October 21, 1995	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	2–3–2
8	L	October 26, 1995	2–4	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	2–4–2
9	W	October 28, 1995	3–0	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	3–4–2
10	L	October 31, 1995	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	3–5–2
11	L	November 2, 1995	5–6 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	3–6–2
12	L	November 4, 1995	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	3–7–2
13	W	November 7, 1995	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	4–7–2
14	W	November 9, 1995	4–3	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	5–7–2
15	L	November 11, 1995	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	5–8–2
16	L	November 14, 1995	3–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	5–9–2
17	T	November 16, 1995	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	5–9–3
18	W	November 18, 1995	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	6–9–3
19	W	November 21, 1995	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	7–9–3
20	W	November 24, 1995	2–1	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	8–9–3
21	T	November 25, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	8–9–4
22	L	November 30, 1995	6–9	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	8–10–4
23	W	December 2, 1995	6–4	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	9–10–4
24	L	December 3, 1995	1–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	9–11–4
25	W	December 5, 1995	6–4	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	10–11–4
26	L	December 8, 1995	1–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	10–12–4
27	L	December 9, 1995	1–3	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	10–13–4
28	L	December 13, 1995	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	10–14–4
29	W	December 14, 1995	6–4	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	11–14–4
30	W	December 16, 1995	6–3	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	12–14–4
31	W	December 22, 1995	3–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	13–14–4
32	W	December 23, 1995	7–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	14–14–4
33	T	December 26, 1995	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	14–14–5
34	W	December 31, 1995	5–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	15–14–5
35	L	January 2, 1996	2–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	15–15–5
36	T	January 3, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	15–15–6
37	W	January 6, 1996	5–2	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	16–15–6
38	L	January 9, 1996	0–3	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	16–16–6
39	W	January 11, 1996	7–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	17–16–6
40	W	January 13, 1996	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	18–16–6
41	L	January 15, 1996	0–6	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	18–17–6
42	W	January 16, 1996	4–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	19–17–6
43	L	January 22, 1996	6–7 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	19–18–6
44	W	January 25, 1996	4–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	20–18–6
45	L	January 27, 1996	3–5	New York Rangers (1995–96)	20–19–6
46	L	January 28, 1996	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	20–20–6
47	W	January 31, 1996	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	21–20–6
48	T	February 1, 1996	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	21–20–7
49	W	February 3, 1996	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	22–20–7
50	L	February 6, 1996	5–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	22–21–7
51	L	February 7, 1996	1–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	22–22–7
52	L	February 10, 1996	2–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	22–23–7
53	W	February 14, 1996	3–0	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	23–23–7
54	L	February 15, 1996	0–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	23–24–7
55	W	February 17, 1996	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	24–24–7
56	T	February 19, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	24–24–8
57	L	February 21, 1996	3–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	24–25–8
58	W	February 23, 1996	7–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	25–25–8
59	W	February 24, 1996	2–1	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	26–25–8
60	L	February 27, 1996	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	26–26–8
61	W	February 28, 1996	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	27–26–8
62	L	March 2, 1996	0–2	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	27–27–8
63	L	March 5, 1996	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	27–28–8
64	W	March 7, 1996	4–3	New York Islanders (1995–96)	28–28–8
65	W	March 9, 1996	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	29–28–8
66	W	March 10, 1996	4–1	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	30–28–8
67	W	March 14, 1996	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	31–28–8
68	W	March 15, 1996	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	32–28–8
69	T	March 18, 1996	3–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	32–28–9
70	W	March 20, 1996	2–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	33–28–9
71	W	March 21, 1996	3–1	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	34–28–9
72	L	March 23, 1996	4–5	New York Rangers (1995–96)	34–29–9
73	W	March 27, 1996	6–5 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	35–29–9
74	L	March 28, 1996	3–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	35–30–9
75	W	March 31, 1996	6–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	36–30–9
76	T	April 1, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	36–30–10
77	W	April 3, 1996	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	37–30–10
78	T	April 4, 1996	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	37–30–11
79	W	April 7, 1996	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	38–30–11
80	W	April 11, 1996	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	39–30–11
81	L	April 13, 1996	0–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	39–31–11
82	W	April 14, 1996	6–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	40–31–11

Playoffs

The Bruins qualified for the playoffs for the 29th consecutive season, an NHL record that still stands (as of the 2010-11 season). The streak ended one season later. The Bruins were seeded 5th in the Eastern Conference and faced the 4th-seeded Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. The Bruins lost the series in five games after falling behind three games to none. The Panthers went on to lose to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Finals.

1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-final vs. Florida (4) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Decision Series 1 April 17 Boston 3 – 6 Florida 14,703 Vanbiesbrouck Panthers lead 1–0 2 April 22 Boston 2 – 6 Florida 14,703 Vanbiesbrouck Panthers lead 2–0 3 April 24 Florida 4 – 2 Boston 14,922 Vanbiesbrouck Panthers lead 3-0 4 April 25 Florida 2 – 6 Boston 14,810 Ranford Panthers lead 3–1 5 April 27 Boston 3 – 4 Florida 14,703 Vanbiesbrouck Panthers win 4-1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Adam Oates	C	70	25	67	92	18	16	7	1	2
Ray Bourque	D	82	20	62	82	58	31	9	2	2
Jozef Stumpel	C	76	18	36	54	14	-8	5	0	2
Shawn McEachern	RW	82	24	29	53	34	-5	3	2	3
Ted Donato	LW	82	23	26	49	46	6	7	0	1
Cam Neely	RW	49	26	20	46	31	3	7	0	3
Todd Elik	C	59	13	33	46	40	2	6	0	2
Dave Reid	LW	63	23	21	44	4	14	1	6	3
Sandy Moger	C	80	15	14	29	65	-9	4	0	6
Steve Heinze	RW	76	16	12	28	43	-3	0	1	3
Don Sweeney	D	77	4	24	28	42	-4	2	0	3
Rick Tocchet	RW	27	16	8	24	64	7	6	0	3
Kevin Stevens	LW	41	10	13	23	49	1	3	0	1
Stephen Leach	RW	59	9	13	22	86	-4	1	0	2
Kyle McLaren	D	74	5	12	17	73	16	0	0	0
Tim Sweeney	LW	41	8	8	16	14	4	1	0	2
Joe Mullen	RW	37	8	7	15	0	-2	4	0	1
Rick Zombo	D	67	4	10	14	53	-7	0	0	1
Jon Rohloff	D	79	1	12	13	59	-8	1	0	0
Ron Sutter	C	18	5	7	12	24	10	0	1	0
Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	33	5	6	11	10	-11	1	0	0
Dean Chynoweth	D	35	2	5	7	88	-1	0	0	0
Clayton Beddoes	C	39	1	6	7	44	-5	0	0	0
Phil Von Stefenelli	D	27	0	4	4	16	2	0	0	0
Bill Ranford	G	40	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Alexei Kasatonov	D	19	1	0	1	12	1	0	0	0
Scott Bailey	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Cornforth	D	6	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0
John Gruden	D	14	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Ryan Hughes	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blaine Lacher	G	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Davis Payne	LW	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Marc Potvin	RW	27	0	0	0	12	-2	0	0	0
Andre Roy	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Sawyer	LW	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
Steve Staios	D	12	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0	0
Cam Stewart	LW	6	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Robbie Tallas	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Bill Ranford	2307	40	21	12	4	109	2.83	1	1030	921	.894
Craig Billington	1380	27	10	13	3	79	3.43	1	594	515	.867
Scott Bailey	571	11	5	1	2	31	3.26	0	264	233	.883
Blaine Lacher	671	12	3	5	2	44	3.93	0	284	240	.845
Robbie Tallas	60	1	1	0	0	3	3.00	0	29	26	.897
Team:	4989	82	40	31	11	266	3.20	2	2201	1935	.879

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Adam Oates	C	5	2	5	7	2	-3	0	1	0
Ray Bourque	D	5	1	6	7	2	-4	1	0	0
Rick Tocchet	RW	5	4	0	4	21	-7	3	0	1
Sandy Moger	C	5	2	2	4	12	-1	1	0	0
Shawn McEachern	RW	5	2	1	3	8	-2	0	0	0
Ted Donato	LW	5	1	2	3	2	-3	1	0	0
Jon Rohloff	D	5	1	2	3	2	-3	1	0	0
Jozef Stumpel	C	5	1	2	3	0	-2	0	0	0
Steve Heinze	RW	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	1	0
Todd Elik	C	4	0	2	2	16	-1	0	0	0
Dave Reid	LW	5	0	2	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Don Sweeney	D	5	0	2	2	6	-3	0	0	0
Cam Stewart	LW	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
John Gruden	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Potvin	RW	5	0	1	1	18	-2	0	0	0
Craig Billington	G	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dean Chynoweth	D	4	0	0	0	24	-2	0	0	0
Kyle McLaren	D	5	0	0	0	14	-3	0	0	0
Bill Ranford	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Staios	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ron Sutter	C	5	0	0	0	8	-2	0	0	0
Tim Sweeney	LW	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Bill Ranford	239	4	1	3	16	4.02	0	112	96	.857
Craig Billington	60	1	0	1	6	6.00	0	28	22	.786
Team:	299	5	1	4	22	4.41	0	140	118	.843

[3]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Player	Former team

Claimed from waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	9	Kyle McLaren	Defense	Canada	Tacoma Rockets (WHL)
1	21	Sean Brown	Defense	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
2	47	Paxton Schafer	Goaltender	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
3	73	Bill McCauley	Defense	United States	Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL)
4	99	Cameron Mann	Right Wing	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
6	151	Evgeny Shaldybin	Defense	Russia	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
7	177	P. J. Axelsson	Left Wing	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Sweden)
8	203	Sergei Zhukov	Defense	Russia	Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
9	229	Jonathan Murphy	Defense	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

See also

• 1995–96 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1996.html
2. "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
3. "1995-96 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.