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New York Rangers at Montréal Canadiens

Dec 21, 1996 · Centre Molson

Team Goals Shots
New York Rangers 3 25
Montréal Canadiens 2 29

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:07 MTL Mark Recchi (15) Stephane Richer (10), Patrice Brisebois (10) 0 - 1
2nd Period
09:16 NYR Ulf Samuelsson (3) Wayne Gretzky (35), Niklas Sundstrom (11) 1 - 1
15:28 MTL Vincent Damphousse (10) PP Vladimir Malakhov (15), Martin Rucinsky (15) 1 - 2
18:33 NYR Niklas Sundstrom (13) Wayne Gretzky (36), Alexander Karpovtsev (16) 2 - 2
Overtime
00:42 NYR Luc Robitaille (14) Wayne Gretzky (37), Niklas Sundstrom (12) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:25 MTL Chris Murray Cross checking 2
15:22 NYR Ulf Samuelsson Elbowing 2
18:02 MTL Scott Thornton Cross checking 2
19:03 NYR Brian Leetch Hooking 2
2nd Period
01:29 MTL Scott Thornton Fighting 5
01:29 NYR Shane Churla Fighting 5
04:53 MTL Chris Murray High sticking 2
14:04 NYR Alex Kovalev Hooking obstruction 2
3rd Period
10:27 NYR Wayne Gretzky Roughing 2
15:20 MTL Team Too many men on the ice 2

New York Rangers

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
37 Niklas Sundstrom R 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 00:00
99 Wayne Gretzky C 0 3 3 2 2 5 0 00:00
20 Luc Robitaille L 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 00:00
55 Ulf Samuelsson D 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 00:00
7 Alexander Karpovtsev D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
6 Doug Lidster D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
8 Patrick Flatley R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
9 Bill Berg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
9 Adam Graves L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
11 Mark Messier C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
12 Sergei Nemchinov L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
18 Brian Noonan R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
22 Shane Churla R 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
22 Brian Leetch D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
23 Jeff Beukeboom D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
27 Alex Kovalev R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
33 Bruce Driver D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
39 Daniel Goneau L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI
35 Mike Richter W 29 27 2 60:32

Montréal Canadiens

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
25 Vincent Damphousse C 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
28 Mark Recchi R 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
2 Vladimir Malakhov D 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
26 Martin Rucinsky L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
44 Stephane Richer R 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
71 Patrice Brisebois D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
5 Stephane Quintal D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
5 Jassen Cullimore D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
17 Valeri Bure R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
18 Sebastien Bordeleau C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
23 Murray Baron D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
23 Peter Popovic D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
23 Chris Murray R 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
27 Scott Thornton L 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 00:00
27 Turner Stevenson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
36 Pierre Sevigny L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
36 David Wilkie D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
49 Brian Savage L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI
35 Jocelyn Thibault L 25 22 3 60:42