The Boston Bruins couldn't pull it off against the New York Rangers, 5 to 4, on March 23, 1996.

Final

Rangers

37-20-14

5

Bruins

34-29-9

4

Team

NYR

BOS

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

BOS

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Jeff Beukeboom and Brian Leetch

Adam Graves (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch and Mark Messier

2nd period

NYR

BOS

Luc Robitaille (PP) assisted by Brian Leetch and Mark Messier

Steve Heinze (EV) assisted by Dave Reid and Ron Sutter

Steve Heinze (EV) assisted by Jon Rohloff and Todd Elik

3rd period

NYR

BOS

Steve Heinze (EV) assisted by Ray Bourque

Ray Bourque (PP) assisted by Jozef Stumpel and Todd Elik

Mark Messier (EV) assisted by Alex Kovalev

Alex Kovalev (EV) assisted by Adam Graves and Bruce Driver

Rangers

Bruins

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Bruins

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	32	28	.875	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	1	2	+3	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	1	1	2	+4	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	3	3	+1	2	0	1	0	1	0.0
Marty McSorley M. McSorley	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Messier M. Messier	2	2	4	+3	0	0	1	0	3	66.7
Sergio Momesso S. Momesso	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	2	50.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bill Ranford (L) B. Ranford	0	1	0	19	14	.737	5	5.08	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	1	1	2	-3	0	1	0	2	50.0
Ted Donato T. Donato	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Todd Elik T. Elik	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	1	0.0
Steve Heinze S. Heinze	3	0	3	+3	0	0	0	4	75.0
Shawn McEachern S. McEachern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Sandy Moger S. Moger	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0
Adam Oates A. Oates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
Dave Reid D. Reid	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jon Rohloff J. Rohloff	0	1	1	+1	6	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Staios S. Staios	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	0.0
Ron Sutter R. Sutter	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0
Don Sweeney D. Sweeney	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0