Montréal Canadiens at New York Rangers

Wed, Mar 19, 1997 · Madison Square Garden · 1996–97 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

5 – 4

Final

New York Rangers

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Wed, Mar 19, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. Vincent Damphousse led the way with 3 points. Jocelyn Thibault made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 39–31.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
MTL	5	39
NYR	4	31

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
25	Vincent Damphousse	C	1	2	3	+3	2	6
26	Martin Rucinsky	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4
17	Benoit Brunet	L	1	1	2	+1	0	2
49	Brian Savage	L	1	1	2	0	0	3
8	Mark Recchi	R	0	1	1	0	4	3
5	Stephane Quintal	D	1	0	1	+2	15	1
18	Valeri Bure	R	0	1	1	+1	2	3
37	Dave Manson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1
34	Peter Popovic	D	0	1	1	0	2	2
38	Vladimir Malakhov	D	0	0	0	0	0	4
30	Turner Stevenson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	Patrice Brisebois	D	0	0	0	0	0	3
27	Shayne Corson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2
42	Darcy Tucker	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Jassen Cullimore	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2
44	Stephane Richer	R	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	Marc Bureau	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
24	Scott Thornton	L	0	0	0	0	10	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Jocelyn Thibault	W	31	27	4	.871	60:00
60	Jose Theodore		0	0	0

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
21	Russ Courtnall	R	1	1	2	-1	0	2
11	Mark Messier	C	0	2	2	-2	0	4
9	Adam Graves	L	1	0	1	-1	0	5
8	Patrick Flatley	R	0	1	1	0	0	2
24	Niklas Sundstrom	R	0	1	1	0	0	4
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2
2	Brian Leetch	D	1	0	1	0	2	5
18	Bill Berg	L	0	1	1	0	2	2
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0
32	Mike Eastwood	C	0	1	1	0	0	1
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
22	Shane Churla	R	0	0	0	0	0	1
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	0	0	0	7	0
10	Esa Tikkanen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1
26	David Oliver	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Jeff Beukeboom	D	0	0	0	0	9	0
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	0	5	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Mike Richter	L	39	34	5	.872	59:00
30	Glenn Healy		0	0	0