1995–96 Boston Bruins season

The 1995–96 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 71st season. The Bruins finished 5th in the Northeast Division and lost in the Conference Quarter-finals to the Florida Panthers 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	October 7, 1995 	4–4 OT 	New York Islanders (1995–96) 	0–0–1
2 	W 	October 9, 1995 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	1–0–1
3 	L 	October 11, 1995 	1–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	1–1–1
4 	T 	October 12, 1995 	6–6 OT 	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 	1–1–2
5 	L 	October 14, 1995 	5–6 	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	1–2–2
6 	W 	October 17, 1995 	7–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	2–2–2
7 	L 	October 21, 1995 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	2–3–2
8 	L 	October 26, 1995 	2–4 	Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	2–4–2
9 	W 	October 28, 1995 	3–0 	Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	3–4–2
10 	L 	October 31, 1995 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	3–5–2
11 	L 	November 2, 1995 	5–6 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	3–6–2
12 	L 	November 4, 1995 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	3–7–2
13 	W 	November 7, 1995 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	4–7–2
14 	W 	November 9, 1995 	4–3 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	5–7–2
15 	L 	November 11, 1995 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	5–8–2
16 	L 	November 14, 1995 	3–5 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	5–9–2
17 	T 	November 16, 1995 	2–2 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	5–9–3
18 	W 	November 18, 1995 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	6–9–3
19 	W 	November 21, 1995 	5–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	7–9–3
20 	W 	November 24, 1995 	2–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	8–9–3
21 	T 	November 25, 1995 	3–3 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	8–9–4
22 	L 	November 30, 1995 	6–9 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	8–10–4
23 	W 	December 2, 1995 	6–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	9–10–4
24 	L 	December 3, 1995 	1–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	9–11–4
25 	W 	December 5, 1995 	6–4 	Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	10–11–4
26 	L 	December 8, 1995 	1–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	10–12–4
27 	L 	December 9, 1995 	1–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	10–13–4
28 	L 	December 13, 1995 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	10–14–4
29 	W 	December 14, 1995 	6–4 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	11–14–4
30 	W 	December 16, 1995 	6–3 	Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	12–14–4
31 	W 	December 22, 1995 	3–2 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	13–14–4
32 	W 	December 23, 1995 	7–5 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	14–14–4
33 	T 	December 26, 1995 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	14–14–5
34 	W 	December 31, 1995 	5–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	15–14–5
35 	L 	January 2, 1996 	2–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	15–15–5
36 	T 	January 3, 1996 	4–4 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	15–15–6
37 	W 	January 6, 1996 	5–2 	Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	16–15–6
38 	L 	January 9, 1996 	0–3 	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	16–16–6
39 	W 	January 11, 1996 	7–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 	17–16–6
40 	W 	January 13, 1996 	3–2 	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	18–16–6
41 	L 	January 15, 1996 	0–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	18–17–6
42 	W 	January 16, 1996 	4–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	19–17–6
43 	L 	January 22, 1996 	6–7 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	19–18–6
44 	W 	January 25, 1996 	4–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	20–18–6
45 	L 	January 27, 1996 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	20–19–6
46 	L 	January 28, 1996 	4–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	20–20–6
47 	W 	January 31, 1996 	3–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	21–20–6
48 	T 	February 1, 1996 	2–2 OT 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	21–20–7
49 	W 	February 3, 1996 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	22–20–7
50 	L 	February 6, 1996 	5–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	22–21–7
51 	L 	February 7, 1996 	1–2 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	22–22–7
52 	L 	February 10, 1996 	2–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	22–23–7
53 	W 	February 14, 1996 	3–0 	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	23–23–7
54 	L 	February 15, 1996 	0–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	23–24–7
55 	W 	February 17, 1996 	4–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	24–24–7
56 	T 	February 19, 1996 	3–3 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	24–24–8
57 	L 	February 21, 1996 	3–4 OT 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	24–25–8
58 	W 	February 23, 1996 	7–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	25–25–8
59 	W 	February 24, 1996 	2–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	26–25–8
60 	L 	February 27, 1996 	3–4 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	26–26–8
61 	W 	February 28, 1996 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	27–26–8
62 	L 	March 2, 1996 	0–2 	Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	27–27–8
63 	L 	March 5, 1996 	3–5 	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	27–28–8
64 	W 	March 7, 1996 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1995–96) 	28–28–8
65 	W 	March 9, 1996 	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	29–28–8
66 	W 	March 10, 1996 	4–1 	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	30–28–8
67 	W 	March 14, 1996 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	31–28–8
68 	W 	March 15, 1996 	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	32–28–8
69 	T 	March 18, 1996 	3–3 OT 	San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 	32–28–9
70 	W 	March 20, 1996 	2–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	33–28–9
71 	W 	March 21, 1996 	3–1 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	34–28–9
72 	L 	March 23, 1996 	4–5 	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	34–29–9
73 	W 	March 27, 1996 	6–5 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	35–29–9
74 	L 	March 28, 1996 	3–4 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	35–30–9
75 	W 	March 31, 1996 	6–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	36–30–9
76 	T 	April 1, 1996 	1–1 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	36–30–10
77 	W 	April 3, 1996 	4–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	37–30–10
78 	T 	April 4, 1996 	3–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	37–30–11
79 	W 	April 7, 1996 	4–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	38–30–11
80 	W 	April 11, 1996 	3–2 	Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	39–30–11
81 	L 	April 13, 1996 	0–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	39–31–11
82 	W 	April 14, 1996 	6–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	40–31–11
==Playoffs==
===Florida Panthers 4, Boston Bruins 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	70	25	67	92 	18 	16 	7 	1 	2
 	D 	82	20	62	82 	58 	31 	9 	2 	2
 	C 	76	18	36	54 	14 	-8 	5 	0 	2
 	RW 	82	24	29	53 	34 	-5 	3 	2 	3
 	LW 	82	23	26	49 	46 	6 	7 	0 	1
 	RW 	49	26	20	46 	31 	3 	7 	0 	3
 	C 	59	13	33	46 	40 	2 	6 	0 	2
 	LW 	63	23	21	44 	4 	14 	1 	6 	3
 	C 	80	15	14	29 	65 	-9 	4 	0 	6
 	RW 	76	16	12	28 	43 	-3 	0 	1 	3
 	D 	77	4 	24	28 	42 	-4 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	27	16	8 	24 	64 	7 	6 	0 	3
 	LW 	41	10	13	23 	49 	1 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	59	9 	13	22 	86 	-4 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	74	5 	12	17 	73 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	41	8 	8 	16 	14 	4 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	37	8 	7 	15 	0 	-2 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	67	4 	10	14 	53 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	79	1 	12	13 	59 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	18	5 	7 	12 	24 	10 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	33	5 	6 	11 	10 	-11	1 	0 	0
 	D 	35	2 	5 	7 	88 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	39	1 	6 	7 	44 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	0 	4 	4 	16 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	1 	0 	1 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	5 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	0 	0 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	0 	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	27	0 	0 	0 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	27	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2307	40	21	12	4 	109	2.83	1 	1030	921 	.894
 	1380	27	10	13	3 	79 	3.43	1 	594 	515 	.867
 	571 	11	5 	1 	2 	31 	3.26	0 	264 	233 	.883
 	671 	12	3 	5 	2 	44 	3.93	0 	284 	240 	.845
 	60 	1 	1 	0 	0 	3 	3.00	0 	29 	26 	.897
Team: 	4989	82	40	31	11	266	3.20	2 	2201	1935	.879
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	5 	2	5	7 	2 	-3 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	5 	1	6	7 	2 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	4	0	4 	21 	-7 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	5 	2	2	4 	12 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	1	3 	8 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	2	3 	2 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	2	3 	2 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	2	3 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	1	2 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	4 	0	2	2 	16 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	18 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	24 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	8 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	239	4 	1	3	16	4.02	0 	112	96 	.857
 	60 	1 	0	1	6 	6.00	0 	28 	22 	.786
Team: 	299	5 	1	4	22	4.41	0 	140	118	.843
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage 
==Awards and Records==
*Lester Patrick Trophy: Milt Schmidt
*Ray Bourque, Defense, NHL First team All-Star
==See Also==
*1995–96 NHL season
==References==
Category:Boston Bruins seasons
Boston Bruins season, 1995–96
Boston Bruins season, 1995–96