The Buffalo Sabres came up just a bit short against the Boston Bruins, 6 to 5, on March 31, 1996.

Final

Bruins

36-30-9

6

Sabres

28-40-7

5

Team

BOS

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

BUF

Adam Oates (PP) assisted by Todd Elik and Ray Bourque

2nd period

BOS

BUF

Jason Dawe (PP) assisted by Randy Burridge and Derek Plante

Kyle McLaren (EV) assisted by Jozef Stumpel

Jason Dawe (EV) assisted by Pat LaFontaine and Randy Burridge

Michal Grosek (EV) unassisted

3rd period

BOS

BUF

Jozef Stumpel (PP) assisted by Ted Donato and Jon Rohloff

Adam Oates (PP) assisted by Ray Bourque

Brian Holzinger (EV) unassisted

Pat LaFontaine (EV) assisted by Darryl Shannon

Dave Reid (EV) assisted by Kyle McLaren and Ron Sutter

Dave Reid (SH) assisted by Don Sweeney

Bruins

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bill Ranford (W) B. Ranford	1	0	0	24	19	.792	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0.0
Ted Donato T. Donato	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Todd Elik T. Elik	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Heinze S. Heinze	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn McEachern S. McEachern	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kyle McLaren K. McLaren	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Sandy Moger S. Moger	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Adam Oates A. Oates	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	50.0
Marc Potvin M. Potvin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Reid D. Reid	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	25.0
Jon Rohloff J. Rohloff	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Sawyer K. Sawyer	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Staios S. Staios	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ron Sutter R. Sutter	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Don Sweeney D. Sweeney	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Philip Von Stefenelli P. Von Stefenelli	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Andrei Trefilov (L) A. Trefilov	0	1	0	46	40	.870	6	6.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Mark Astley M. Astley	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
Rob Conn R. Conn	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	2	0	2	-1	0	1	0	6	33.3
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	1	100.0
Dane Jackson D. Jackson	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0
Pat LaFontaine P. LaFontaine	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0