Montréal Canadiens at New York Rangers

Sun, Dec 1, 1996 · Madison Square Garden · 1996–97 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

2 – 6

Final

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–2 on Sun, Dec 1, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. Mark Messier led the way with 2 points. Mike Richter made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–49.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
MTL	2	37
NYR	6	49

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
26	Martin Rucinsky	L	1	0	1	-1	0	5
25	Vincent Damphousse	C	0	1	1	-2	2	5
49	Brian Savage	L	0	1	1	-2	2	0
38	Vladimir Malakhov	D	0	1	1	0	0	2
8	Mark Recchi	R	1	0	1	-2	2	2
11	Saku Koivu	C	0	1	1	-2	0	5
5	Stephane Quintal	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4
42	Darcy Tucker	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Patrice Brisebois	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1
24	Scott Thornton	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2
30	Turner Stevenson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
36	Murray Baron	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1
18	Valeri Bure	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1
34	Peter Popovic	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2
3	David Wilkie	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
28	Marc Bureau	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
22	Chris Murray	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Pierre Sevigny	L	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Jocelyn Thibault	L	46	40	6	.870	52:36
39	Pat Jablonski		3	3	0	1.000	7:24

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
11	Mark Messier	C	0	2	2	+2	0	6
13	Sergei Nemchinov	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	2	2	+3	0	2
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	1	1	2	0	0	6
2	Brian Leetch	D	1	1	2	+2	0	4
28	Brian Noonan	R	1	0	1	+2	0	4
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	1	1	+2	6	1
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	1	0	1	+2	2	2
20	Luc Robitaille	L	1	0	1	0	0	6
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	1	1	-1	0	5
9	Adam Graves	L	0	0	0	+2	0	3
19	Christian Dube	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	0	2	2
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Daniel Goneau	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Doug Lidster	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	W	37	35	2	.946	60:00
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0