New York Rangers at Montréal Canadiens

Sat, Dec 21, 1996 · Centre Molson · 1996–97 Regular Season

New York Rangers

3 – 2

Final/OT

Montréal Canadiens

The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime on Sat, Dec 21, 1996 at Centre Molson. Wayne Gretzky led the way with 3 points. Mike Richter made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–29.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYR	3	25
MTL	2	29

New York Rangers

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

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	W	29	27	2	.931	60:32
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
25	Vincent Damphousse	C	1	0	1	0	0	6
38	Vladimir Malakhov	D	0	1	1	0	0	5
26	Martin Rucinsky	L	0	1	1	0	0	2
44	Stephane Richer	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2
8	Mark Recchi	R	1	0	1	-2	0	1
43	Patrice Brisebois	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1
34	Peter Popovic	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
22	Chris Murray	R	0	0	0	0	4	1
5	Stephane Quintal	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
18	Valeri Bure	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Scott Thornton	L	0	0	0	0	7	1
71	Sebastien Bordeleau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	David Wilkie	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
30	Turner Stevenson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Pierre Sevigny	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	Brian Savage	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1
36	Murray Baron	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1
35	Jassen Cullimore	D	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Jocelyn Thibault	L	25	22	3	.880	60:42
39	Pat Jablonski		0	0	0