BOXSCORE
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden
4 FINAL 5
March 19, 1997
Montréal Canadiens
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 04:51 | – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 02:53 | Wayne Gretzky – hooking (2 min) | |
| 05:29 | Peter Popovic – holding (2 min) | |
| 15:49 | Brian Leetch – holding (2 min) |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | B. Leetch | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | U. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | P. Flatley | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | A. Graves | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | E. Tikkanen | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | M. Messier | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | D. Langdon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | B. Berg | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | R. Courtnall | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | S. Churla | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | J. Beukeboom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | A. Karpovtsev | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | D. Oliver | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | E. Cairns | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | M. Eastwood | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | B. Driver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | W. Gretzky | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | 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 | L | 34 | 34 | 5 | 4/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.872 | 5.08 | 59:00 |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | S. Quintal | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | M. Recchi | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | B. Brunet | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | V. Bure | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | S. Thornton | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | V. Damphousse | C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | M. Rucinsky | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | S. Corson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | M. Bureau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | T. Stevenson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | P. Popovic | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | J. Cullimore | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | D. Manson | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | V. Malakhov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | D. Tucker | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | P. Brisebois | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | S. Richer | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | B. Savage | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 00:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | J. Thibault | x | W | 27 | 27 | 4 | 2/0/0 | 2/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.871 | 4.00 | 60:00 |
| 60 | J. Theodore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
NYR
VS
MTL
Game Stats
| 4 | Goals | 5 |
| 31 | Shots | 39 |
| 29 | Penalty Minutes | 37 |
| 0 | Hits | 0 |
| 0 | Blocks | 0 |
| 0 | Give Aways | 0 |
| 0 | Take Aways | 0 |
Goals by Period
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Season Series: 2-2-0
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
