New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens Box Score: December 21, 1996
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:07 | MTL | Mark Recchi (15) | Stéphane Richer, Patrice Brisebois | |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 09:16 | NYR | Ulf Samuelsson (3) | Wayne Gretzky, Niklas Sundström | |
| 15:28 | MTL | PP | Vincent Damphousse (10) | Vladimir Malakhov, Martin Ručinský |
| 18:33 | NYR | Niklas Sundström (13) | Wayne Gretzky, Alexander Karpovtsev | |
| 1st OT Period | ||||
| 00:42 | NYR | Luc Robitaille (14) | Wayne Gretzky, Niklas Sundström | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:25 | MTL | Chris Murray | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 15:22 | NYR | Ulf Samuelsson | Elbowing | 2 min |
| 18:02 | MTL | Scott Thornton | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 19:03 | NYR | Brian Leetch | Hooking | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 01:29 | NYR | Shane Churla | Fighting | 5 min |
| 01:29 | MTL | Scott Thornton | Fighting | 5 min |
| 04:53 | MTL | Chris Murray | High sticking | 2 min |
| 14:04 | NYR | Alex Kovalev | Hooking - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 10:27 | NYR | Wayne Gretzky | Roughing | 2 min |
| 15:20 | MTL | Pierre Sévigny | Too many men on the ice | 2 min |
New York Rangers
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Bill Berg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Jeff Beukeboom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Shane Churla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Bruce Driver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Patrick Flatley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Daniel Goneau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Adam Graves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Wayne Gretzky | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Alexander Karpovtsev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Alex Kovalev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Brian Leetch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Doug Lidster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Mark Messier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Sergei Nemchinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Brian Noonan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Luc Robitaille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | ||
| 17 | Ulf Samuelsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 18 | Niklas Sundström | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 19 | Mike Richter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:32 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Mike Richter | W | 2 | 29 | 27 | .931 | 0 | 0 | 60:32 |
Montreal Canadiens
| 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 | Sébastien Bordeleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | Valeri Bure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Jassen Cullimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Vincent Damphousse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | ||
| 7 | Vladimir Malakhov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Chris Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Peter Popovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Stéphane Quintal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Mark Recchi | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 12 | Stéphane Richer | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Martin Ručinský | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Brian Savage | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Pierre Sévigny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Turner Stevenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Scott Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | David Wilkie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Jocelyn Thibault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:42 | |||||
| TOTAL | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Jocelyn Thibault | L | 3 | 25 | 22 | .880 | 0 | 0 | 60:42 |

