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Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Box Score: December 26, 1996

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Montreal Canadiens

3

12-18-6

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December 26, 1996

Arena: Pittsburgh Civic Arena

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary Table
1st Period
11:14	MTL		Scott Thornton (5)	Jassen Cullimore
13:19	MTL		Mark Recchi (16)
14:30	MTL		Scott Thornton (6)	Darcy Tucker, Turner Stevenson
3rd Period
10:32	PIT		Tomas Sandström (5)	Ron Francis, J.J. Daigneault
12:40	PIT	PP	Jaromír Jágr (33)	Petr Nedvěd, Ron Francis
14:35	PIT		Mario Lemieux (24)	Petr Nedvěd, Glen Murray

Penalty Summary

Penalty Summary Table
1st Period
08:03	PIT	Alex Hicks	Boarding	2 min
18:07	PIT	Alex Hicks	Fighting	5 min
18:07	MTL	Craig Rivet	Fighting	5 min
18:27	MTL	Shayne Corson	Cross checking	2 min
2nd Period
04:55	PIT	Alek Stojanov	Too many men on the ice	2 min
08:10	MTL	Scott Thornton	Interference - Obstruction	2 min
3rd Period
06:35	MTL	Jassen Cullimore	Interference - Obstruction	2 min
12:15	MTL	Murray Baron	Cross checking	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	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
2	Sébastien Bordeleau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Patrice Brisebois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
4	Benoît Brunet	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
5	Valeri Bure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
6	Shayne Corson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	Jassen Cullimore	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
8	Vincent Damphousse	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
9	Peter Popovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
10	Mark Recchi	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
11	Stéphane Richer	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
12	Craig Rivet	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
13	Martin Ručinský	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
14	Brian Savage	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
15	Turner Stevenson	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
16	Scott Thornton	2	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	4	50.0
17	Darcy Tucker	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	David Wilkie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Jocelyn Thibault	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					65:00
	TOTAL	3	3	6		13	3	0	0		37	8.1

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Jocelyn Thibault	T	3	35	32	.914	0	0	65:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Stu Barnes	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
2	J.J. Daigneault	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
3	Joe Dziedzic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
4	Ron Francis	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kevin Hatcher	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
6	Alex Hicks	0	0	0	-2	7	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
7	Jaromír Jágr	1	0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
8	Mario Lemieux	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	9.1
9	François Leroux	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
10	Craig Muni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Glen Murray	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Petr Nedvěd	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
13	Fredrik Olausson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
14	Dave Roche	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Tomas Sandström	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
16	Alek Stojanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Jason Woolley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
18	Tyler Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Patrick Lalime	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					20:55
20	Ken Wregget	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					44:05
	TOTAL	3	6	9		7	2	1	0		35	8.6

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Ken Wregget		3	33	30	.909	0	0	44:05
2	Patrick Lalime	T	0	4	4	1.000	0	0	20:55

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