⚡ Away Lightning 11-16-3 before this game
0–3
Final
🐻 Home Bruins 12-14-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
TBL 0000
BOS 0213

Lightning at Bruins

Bruins beat Lightning 3–0 at TD Garden on December 19, 1996.

🗓 Thu, Dec 19, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐻 BOS
Troy Mallette
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · +2
2nd star 🐻 BOS
Trent McCleary
1 G
2 shots · +1
3rd star 🐻 BOS
Sheldon Kennedy
1 G
2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐻 Troy Mallette Go-ahead 2nd · 03:54
Assists: Don Sweeney
0–1
🐻 Sheldon Kennedy 2nd · 07:30
Assists: Brett Harkins, Troy Mallette
0–2
3rd period
🐻 Trent McCleary 3rd · 11:11
Assists: Andre Roy
0–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL BOS🐻
34 Shots on goal 25
42 Penalty minutes 22
TBL shooting 0.0% (0/34) BOS shooting 12.0% (3/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Rick Tabaracci
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Bill Ranford
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 11-16-3 (37% win rate, 30 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 12-14-5 (39% win rate, 31 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
Bruins
Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 25, 1996
⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS
3–4 · Bruins won
Dec 23, 1995
⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS
5–7 · Bruins won
Dec 8, 1995
🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL
1–3 · Lightning won
Nov 14, 1995
🐻BOS @ ⚡TBL
3–5 · Lightning won
Apr 8, 1995
⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS
1–5 · Bruins won

❓ TBL vs BOS, answered

Who won Lightning vs Bruins on December 19, 1996?

Bruins won 3–0.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Bruins?

The final score was Lightning 0, Bruins 3.

Who scored for Bruins?

Sheldon Kennedy, Trent McCleary, Troy Mallette.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Rick Tabaracci made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

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

Where is Lightning vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Bruins season series?

Bruins 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
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Dec 18
⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF
3–5 · BUF won
Next game · Dec 21
⚡TBL @ 🐳HFD
5–6 · HFD won
🐻Bruins
Previous game · Dec 17
🐻BOS @ 🐧PIT
6–4 · BOS won
Next game · Dec 21
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
3–4 · BOS won
Also on December 19, 1996
🐆FLA @ 🏛️OTT
2–5 final
🏝️NYI @ 🔔PHI
0–5 final
🐧PIT @ 🎵STL
4–0 final
Lightning season page Bruins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule