BOXSCORE
Montréal Canadiens
Centre Molson
2 FINAL OT 3
December 21, 1996
New York Rangers
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Mark Recchi (15)
Stephane Richer (10), Patrice Brisebois (10)
1-0 MTL
Score
06:07
Time
2nd Period
Ulf Samuelsson (3)
Wayne Gretzky (35), Niklas Sundstrom (11)
1-1 Tied
Score
09:16
Time
Vincent Damphousse (10) (pp)
Vladimir Malakhov (15), Martin Rucinsky (15)
2-1 MTL
Score
15:28
Time
Niklas Sundstrom (13)
Wayne Gretzky (36), Alexander Karpovtsev (16)
2-2 Tied
Score
18:33
Time
Overtime Period
Luc Robitaille (14)
Wayne Gretzky (37), Niklas Sundstrom (12)
3-2 NYR
Score
00:42
Time
Penalties
1st Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 12:25 | Chris Murray – cross-checking (2 min) |
| 15:22 | Ulf Samuelsson – elbowing (2 min) |
| 18:02 | Scott Thornton – cross-checking (2 min) |
| 19:03 | Brian Leetch – hooking (2 min) |
2nd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 01:29 | Scott Thornton – fighting (5 min) |
| 01:29 | Shane Churla – fighting (5 min) |
| 04:53 | Chris Murray – high-sticking (2 min) |
| 14:04 | Alex Kovalev – hooking-obstruction (2 min) |
3rd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 10:27 | Wayne Gretzky – roughing (2 min) |
| 15:20 | – too-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min) |
| Skaters | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
| 3 | D. Wilkie | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | S. Quintal | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | M. Recchi | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | P. Sevigny | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | V. Bure | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | C. Murray | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | S. Thornton | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | V. Damphousse | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | M. Rucinsky | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | T. Stevenson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | P. Popovic | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | J. Cullimore | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | M. Baron | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | V. Malakhov | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | P. Brisebois | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | S. Richer | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | B. Savage | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | S. Bordeleau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
| 39 | P. Jablonski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 41 | J. Thibault | x | L | 22 | 22 | 3 | 3/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.880 | 2.97 | 60:42 |
| Skaters | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
| 2 | B. Leetch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | U. Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | D. Lidster | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | P. Flatley | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | A. Graves | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | M. Messier | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | S. Nemchinov | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | D. Goneau | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | B. Berg | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | L. Robitaille | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | S. Churla | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | J. Beukeboom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | N. Sundstrom | R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | A. Karpovtsev | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | B. Noonan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | B. Driver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | W. Gretzky | C | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
| 30 | G. Healy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 35 | M. Richter | x | W | 27 | 27 | 2 | 1/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.931 | 1.98 | 60:32 |
MTL
VS
NYR
Game Stats
| 2 | Goals | 3 |
| 29 | Shots | 25 |
| 11 | Penalty Minutes | 13 |
| 0 | Hits | 0 |
| 0 | Blocks | 0 |
| 0 | Give Aways | 0 |
| 0 | Take Aways | 0 |
Goals by Period
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Season Series: 2-2-0
As of December 21, 1996
All-Time vs MTL
Overall: 168-287-89-7
At MTL: 112-105-54-4
Last 10 vs MTL
Overall: 3-4-3-0
At MTL: 6-0-4-0