1–5

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	1	0	0	1
HFD	2	1	2	5

Bruins at Whalers

Whalers beat Bruins 5–1 on November 6, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Nov 6, 1996 · 18:00 CST 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Geoff Sanderson

2 G

7 shots · +2

2nd star 🐳 HFD

Paul Ranheim

2 G

3 shots · +2

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Jeff O'Neill

2 A

4 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐳 Paul Ranheim Go-ahead 1st · 02:56

Assists: Jeff O'Neill, Alexander Godynyuk

0–1

🐳 Paul Ranheim 1st · 09:24

Assists: Jeff O'Neill

0–2

🐻 Steve Heinze PP 1st · 15:58

Assists: Adam Oates, Mattias Timander

1–2

2nd period

🐳 Geoff Sanderson 2nd · 00:28

Assists: Kevin Dineen, Andrew Cassels

1–3

3rd period

🐳 Geoff Sanderson 3rd · 12:14

Assists: Andrew Cassels, Marek Malik

1–4

🐳 Sami Kapanen PP 3rd · 18:42

Assists: Steven Rice

1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS HFD🐳

28 Shots on goal 36

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

29 Penalty minutes 36

BOS shooting 3.6% (1/28) HFD shooting 13.9% (5/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Bill Ranford

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐳Whalers

Sean Burke

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Oct 31, 1996

🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS

4–4 (OT) · Whalers won

6–5 (OT) · Bruins won

Feb 14, 1996

🐻BOS @ 🐳HFD

3–0 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs HFD, answered

Who won Bruins vs Whalers on November 6, 1996?

Whalers won 5–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Whalers?

The final score was Bruins 1, Whalers 5.

Who scored for Bruins?

Steve Heinze.

Who scored for Whalers?

Geoff Sanderson (2), Paul Ranheim (2), Sami Kapanen.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

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

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Bruins vs Whalers season series?

Whalers lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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 · Nov 4

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Nov 4

Also on November 6, 1996

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