6–5

Final

⚔️ Home Sabres 30-33-11 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	1	1	4	6
BUF	0	3	2	5

Bruins at Sabres

Bruins beat Sabres 6–5 at KeyBank Center on March 31, 1996.

🗓 Sun, Mar 31, 1996 · 14:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 5–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Dave Reid

2 G

8 shots

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Adam Oates

2 G

4 shots

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Kyle McLaren

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Adam Oates PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:04

Assists: Todd Elik, Ray Bourque

1–0

2nd period

⚔️ Jason Dawe PP Tying 2nd · 10:55

Assists: Randy Burridge, Derek Plante

1–1

🐻 Kyle McLaren Go-ahead 2nd · 13:32

Assists: Jozef Stumpel

2–1

⚔️ Jason Dawe Tying 2nd · 15:30

Assists: Pat LaFontaine, Randy Burridge

2–2

⚔️ Michal Grosek Go-ahead 2nd · 18:36

Unassisted

2–3

3rd period

🐻 Jozef Stumpel PP Tying 3rd · 02:50

Assists: Ted Donato, Jon Rohloff

3–3

🐻 Adam Oates PP Go-ahead 3rd · 03:30

Assists: Ray Bourque

4–3

⚔️ Brian Holzinger Tying 3rd · 07:29

Unassisted

4–4

⚔️ Pat LaFontaine Go-ahead 3rd · 08:19

Assists: Darryl Shannon

4–5

🐻 Dave Reid Tying 3rd · 10:46

Assists: Kyle McLaren, Ron Sutter

5–5

🐻 Dave Reid SH Go-ahead 3rd · 16:31

Assists: Don Sweeney

6–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS BUF⚔️

46 Shots on goal 24

3/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

15 Penalty minutes 16

BOS shooting 13.0% (6/46) BUF shooting 20.8% (5/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Bill Ranford

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Andrei Trefilov

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 59:54 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–3

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 5–1 Full head-to-head →

Feb 7, 1996

🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF

1–2 (OT) · Sabres won

3–2 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs BUF, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sabres on March 31, 1996?

Bruins won 6–5.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Sabres?

The final score was Bruins 6, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Bruins?

Adam Oates (2), Dave Reid (2), Jozef Stumpel, Kyle McLaren.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Dawe (2), Brian Holzinger, Michal Grosek, Pat LaFontaine.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Andrei Trefilov made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Sabres season series?

Bruins lead the season series 5–1 after 6 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Mar 28

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 29

Also on March 31, 1996

Bruins season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule