The Montreal Canadiens handily beat the New York Rangers, 5 to 2, on October 12, 1996.

Final

Rangers

0-3-2

2

Canadiens

2-0-2

5

Team

NYR

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

MTL

Brian Savage (PP) assisted by Saku Koivu and Pierre Turgeon

2nd period

NYR

MTL

Benoit Brunet (EV) assisted by Pierre Turgeon and David Wilkie

Valeri Bure (EV) assisted by Martin Rucinsky

Vincent Damphousse (PP) assisted by Pierre Turgeon

Valeri Bure (EV) assisted by Martin Rucinsky and Vincent Damphousse

Luc Robitaille (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Alexander Karpovtsev

3rd period

NYR

MTL

Daniel Goneau (PP) assisted by Mark Messier and Brian Leetch

Rangers

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (L) M. Richter	0	1	0	17	13	.765	4	9.50	0	25
Glenn Healy G. Healy				12	11	.917	1	1.73	0	35

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	2	0.0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Daniel Goneau D. Goneau	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	5	20.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	9	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	6	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	6	16.7
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	45	43	.956	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Donald Brashear D. Brashear	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Valeri Bure V. Bure	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	1	3	66.7
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stephane Richer S. Richer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	5	20.0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0