4–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 42-27-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	2	1	1	4
MTL	0	1	0	1

Bruins at Canadiens

Bruins beat Canadiens 4–1 at Bell Centre on April 3, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Apr 3, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Dave Reid

1 G, 1 A

7 shots · +2

2nd star 🐻 BOS

Ron Sutter

1 G

4 shots · +2

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Shawn McEachern

1 G

4 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Todd Elik PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:43

Unassisted

1–0

🐻 Dave Reid SH 1st · 11:38

Assists: Jon Rohloff

2–0

2nd period

🐻 Ron Sutter 2nd · 14:03

Assists: Dave Reid, Sandy Moger

3–0

🇨🇦 Vincent Damphousse 2nd · 16:42

Assists: Craig Rivet, Martin Rucinsky

3–1

3rd period

🐻 Shawn McEachern 3rd · 04:17

Assists: Adam Oates, Kyle McLaren

4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS MTL🇨🇦

37 Shots on goal 29

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

8 Penalty minutes 8

BOS shooting 10.8% (4/37) MTL shooting 3.4% (1/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Bill Ranford

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–1

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →

Mar 28, 1996

🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS

4–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ BOS vs MTL, answered

Who won Bruins vs Canadiens on April 3, 1996?

Bruins won 4–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Bruins 4, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Bruins?

Dave Reid, Ron Sutter, Shawn McEachern, Todd Elik.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Vincent Damphousse.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 4–1 after 5 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 · Apr 1

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Apr 1

Also on April 3, 1996

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