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Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers Box Score: December 1, 1996

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December 1, 1996

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary Table
1st Period
06:52	MTL		Mark Recchi (13)	Vladimir Malakhov, Saku Koivu
07:45	NYR		Sergei Nemchinov (3)	Patrick Flatley, Brian Leetch
2nd Period
00:16	NYR		Jeff Beukeboom (1)	Mark Messier
06:35	NYR		Luc Robitaille (8)	Niklas Sundström, Wayne Gretzky
11:08	NYR		Brian Leetch (8)	Mark Messier, Alex Kovalev
3rd Period
02:36	MTL		Martin Ručinský (11)	Vincent Damphousse, Brian Savage
11:54	NYR		Wayne Gretzky (10)	Patrick Flatley
12:36	NYR		Brian Noonan (3)	Ulf Samuelsson, Sergei Nemchinov

Penalty Summary

Penalty Summary Table
1st Period
14:13	NYR	Bruce Driver	Holding the stick	2 min
2nd Period
12:53	NYR	Ulf Samuelsson	Holding	2 min
16:38	MTL	Brian Savage	Holding	2 min
18:35	NYR	Alex Kovalev	Holding	2 min
3rd Period
08:46	NYR	Alex Kovalev	Holding	2 min
13:37	NYR	Jeff Beukeboom	Slashing	2 min
13:37	MTL	Mark Recchi	Slashing	2 min
14:50	MTL	Vincent Damphousse	Roughing	2 min
17:41	MTL	Scott Thornton	Holding	2 min
19:25	NYR	Alex Kovalev	Tripping	2 min

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Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Murray Baron	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
2	Patrice Brisebois	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
3	Valeri Bure	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
4	Marc Bureau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
5	Vincent Damphousse	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
6	Saku Koivu	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
7	Vladimir Malakhov	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
8	Chris Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
9	Peter Popovic	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
10	Stéphane Quintal	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
11	Mark Recchi	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
12	Martin Ručinský	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
13	Brian Savage	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	Pierre Sévigny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Turner Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
16	Scott Thornton	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
17	Darcy Tucker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	David Wilkie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
19	Pat Jablonski	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					7:24
20	Jocelyn Thibault	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					52:36
	TOTAL	2	4	6		8	2	0	0		37	5.4

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Jocelyn Thibault	L	6	46	40	.870	0	0	52:36
2	Pat Jablonski		0	3	3	1.000	0	0	7:24

New York Rangers

New York Rangers Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Jeff Beukeboom	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
2	Bruce Driver	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
3	Patrick Flatley	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
4	Daniel Goneau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Adam Graves	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
6	Wayne Gretzky	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	16.7
7	Alexander Karpovtsev	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
8	Alex Kovalev	0	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
9	Darren Langdon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Brian Leetch	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
11	Doug Lidster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
12	Mark Messier	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
13	Sergei Nemchinov	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
14	Brian Noonan	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0
15	Luc Robitaille	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	16.7
16	Ulf Samuelsson	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	Niklas Sundström	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
18	Mike Richter	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					60:00
	TOTAL	6	10	16		12	6	0	0		49	12.2

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Mike Richter	W	2	37	35	.946	0	0	60:00

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