The Dallas Stars were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 6 to 4, on January 1, 1997.

Final

Canadiens

14-18-7

6

Stars

22-14-3

4

Team

MTL

DAL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

DAL

Vincent Damphousse (SH) assisted by Mark Recchi and Peter Popovic

Chris Murray (EV) assisted by Turner Stevenson and Eric Houde

2nd period

MTL

DAL

Jere Lehtinen (EV) assisted by Grant Ledyard and Brent Gilchrist

Darryl Sydor (EV) assisted by Todd Harvey and Grant Ledyard

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Vincent Damphousse and Craig Rivet

3rd period

MTL

DAL

Joe Nieuwendyk (EV) assisted by Jamie Langenbrunner and Brent Gilchrist

Joe Nieuwendyk (EV) assisted by Dave Reid and Grant Marshall

Brian Savage (EV) assisted by Sebastien Bordeleau and Stephane Richer

Patrice Brisebois (EV) assisted by Stephane Richer and Brian Savage

Turner Stevenson (EV) assisted by Darcy Tucker

Canadiens

Stars

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Stars

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	36	32	.889	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Murray Baron M. Baron	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sebastien Bordeleau S. Bordeleau	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	1	1	100.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0
Jassen Cullimore J. Cullimore	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
Eric Houde E. Houde	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Murray C. Murray	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1	1	2	+2	0	0	1	0	2	50.0
Stephane Richer S. Richer	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	1	1	2	+3	4	0	0	0	5	20.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Arturs Irbe (L) A. Irbe	0	1	0	18	13	.722	5	6.01	0	50
Roman Turek R. Turek				2	1	.500	1	6.39	0	9

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Bob Bassen B. Bassen	0	0	0	+1	2	0
Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Brent Gilchrist B. Gilchrist	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0.0
Todd Harvey T. Harvey	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Mike Lalor M. Lalor	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Jamie Langenbrunner J. Langenbrunner	0	1	1	-3	0	3	0.0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	2	2	0	0	0
Jere Lehtinen J. Lehtinen	1	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
Craig Ludwig C. Ludwig	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Grant Marshall G. Marshall	0	1	1	0	7	0
Richard Matvichuk R. Matvichuk	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0.0
Mike Modano M. Modano	0	0	0	-2	2	5	0.0
Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	2	0	2	0	2	8	25.0
Dave Reid D. Reid	0	1	1	0	0	0
Darryl Sydor D. Sydor	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0.0
Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0