🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 8-9-4 before this game
6–2
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 8-7-3 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 2226
BOS 0022

Canadiens at Bruins

Canadiens beat Bruins 6–2 at TD Garden on November 21, 1996.

🗓 Thu, Nov 21, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mark Recchi
3 G
5 shots · +4
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · +4
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brian Savage
2 A
5 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Marc Bureau Go-ahead 1st · 02:10
Assists: Stephane Richer, David Wilkie
1–0
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu 1st · 13:00
Unassisted
2–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi 2nd · 01:09
Assists: Vladimir Malakhov, Brian Savage
3–0
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi 2nd · 13:52
Assists: Brian Savage, Saku Koivu
4–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Valeri Bure 3rd · 04:50
Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Patrice Brisebois
5–0
🐻 Rob DiMaio 3rd · 07:46
Assists: Steve Heinze, Jozef Stumpel
5–1
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi 3rd · 10:16
Assists: Saku Koivu, Shayne Corson
6–1
🐻 Jozef Stumpel PP 3rd · 18:56
Assists: Mattias Timander, Brett Harkins
6–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL BOS🐻
34 Shots on goal 37
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
23 Penalty minutes 33
MTL shooting 17.6% (6/34) BOS shooting 5.4% (2/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Bill Ranford
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 50:16 TOI
Scott Bailey
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 09:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 4, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–3 (OT) · Canadiens won
Apr 3, 1996
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–1 · Bruins won
Mar 28, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–3 (OT) · Canadiens won
Jan 28, 1996
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · Canadiens won
Nov 4, 1995
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs BOS, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Bruins on November 21, 1996?

Canadiens won 6–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Bruins?

The final score was Canadiens 6, Bruins 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Recchi (3), Marc Bureau, Saku Koivu, Valeri Bure.

Who scored for Bruins?

Jozef Stumpel, Rob DiMaio.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Bruins season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Nov 20
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
1–3 · HFD won
Next game · Nov 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
4–3 · MTL won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Nov 19
🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH
2–2 · BOS won
Next game · Nov 23
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–2 · BUF won
Also on November 21, 1996
🍁TOR @ ⚔️BUF
3–6 final
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
3–7 final
🌵PHX @ 🎵STL
3–4 final
🗽NYR @ 🛢️EDM
2–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN
1–2 final
🐙DET @ 🦈SJS
6–1 final
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