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MTL

TD GARDEN

5FINAL4

March 19, 1997

NYR

Scoring Summary

1st Period

Brian Savage (23)

Peter Popovic (12)

1-0 MTL

Score

00:35

Time

Stephane Quintal (6)

Brian Savage (36), Mark Recchi (39)

2-0 MTL

Score

05:28

Time

2nd Period

Russ Courtnall (10) (pp)

Alexander Karpovtsev (27), Mark Messier (44)

2-1 MTL

Score

00:47

Time

Adam Graves (30) (pp)

Mark Messier (45), Russ Courtnall (21)

2-2 Tied

Score

05:17

Time

Benoit Brunet (9) (pp)

Dave Manson (18), Vincent Damphousse (49)

3-2 MTL

Score

11:45

Time

Wayne Gretzky (21)

Niklas Sundstrom (25), Bill Berg (5)

3-3 Tied

Score

16:03

Time

3rd Period

Martin Rucinsky (24)

Vincent Damphousse (50), Benoit Brunet (8)

4-3 MTL

Score

05:03

Time

Brian Leetch (19)

Patrick Flatley (11), Mike Eastwood (7)

4-4 Tied

Score

09:00

Time

Vincent Damphousse (24)

Valeri Bure (17), Martin Rucinsky (24)

5-4 MTL

Score

10:08

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	01:29	Stephane Richer – tripping (2 min)
	04:28	Scott Thornton – fighting (5 min)
	04:28	Darren Langdon – fighting (5 min)
	16:08	Eric Cairns – cross-checking (2 min)
	19:12	Stephane Quintal – fighting (5 min)
	19:12	Stephane Quintal – game-misconduct (10 min)
	19:12	Mark Recchi – cross-checking (2 min)
	19:12	Mark Recchi – roughing (2 min)
	19:12	Jeff Beukeboom – roughing (2 min)
	19:12	Jeff Beukeboom – fighting (5 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	04:51	Team – too-many-men-on-the-ice (2 min)
	05:54	Ulf Samuelsson – tripping (2 min)
	09:59	Scott Thornton – fighting (5 min)
	09:59	Bill Berg – roughing (2 min)
	09:59	Eric Cairns – fighting (5 min)
	18:48	Vincent Damphousse – cross-checking (2 min)
	18:48	Valeri Bure – roughing (2 min)
	18:48	Jeff Beukeboom – roughing (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	02:53	Wayne Gretzky – hooking (2 min)
	05:29	Peter Popovic – holding (2 min)
	15:49	Brian Leetch – holding (2 min)

NYR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Brian Leetch	D	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
9	Adam Graves	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
10	Esa Tikkanen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
11	Mark Messier	C	0	2	2	-2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
18	Bill Berg	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
21	Russ Courtnall	R	1	1	2	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
22	Shane Churla	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
26	David Oliver	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
32	Mike Eastwood	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
30	Glenn Healy						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
35	Mike Richter	★	L				34	39	5	4	1	0	.872	5.08	59:00

MTL – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
5	Stephane Quintal	D	1	0	1	2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
8	Mark Recchi	R	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
17	Benoit Brunet	L	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
18	Valeri Bure	R	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
24	Scott Thornton	L	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
25	Vincent Damphousse	C	1	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
26	Martin Rucinsky	L	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
27	Shayne Corson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
28	Marc Bureau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
30	Turner Stevenson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
34	Peter Popovic	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
35	Jassen Cullimore	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
37	Dave Manson	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
38	Vladimir Malakhov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
42	Darcy Tucker	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
43	Patrice Brisebois	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
44	Stephane Richer	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0
49	Brian Savage	L	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	0	00:00	0	0	0	0

MTL – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
41	Jocelyn Thibault	★	W				27	31	4	2	2	0	.871	4.00	60:00
60	Jose Theodore						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00

NYR

MTL

Game Stats

4	Goals	5
31	Shots	39
28.6% (2/7)	Power Play	20.0% (1/5)
29	Penalty Minutes	37
0	Hits	0
0	Blocks	0
0	Giveaways	0
0	Takeaways	0

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	2	1	2	5
	0	3	1	4

Season Series: 2-2-0

MTL 5

NYR 2

FINALBoxscoreOCT 12

MTL 2

NYR 6

FINALBoxscoreDEC 1

MTL 2

NYR 3

FINAL OTBoxscoreDEC 21

MTL 5

NYR 4

FINALBoxscoreMAR 19

As of March 19, 1997

All-Time vs MTL

Overall: 168-288-89-7
At NYR: 112-106-54-4

Last 10 vs MTL

Overall: 3-5-2-0
At NYR: 5-1-4-0