The New Jersey Devils squeaked out a win over the Montreal Canadiens, 3 to 2, on October 15, 1996.

Final

Canadiens

2-1-2

2

Devils

2-2-0

3

Team

MTL

NJD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NJD

Valeri Zelepukin (EV) assisted by Scott Stevens

2nd period

MTL

NJD

Sergei Brylin (EV) assisted by Bill Guerin and Valeri Zelepukin

3rd period

MTL

NJD

Bill Guerin (EV) assisted by Valeri Zelepukin and Bobby Holik

Saku Koivu (PP) assisted by Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov

Vincent Damphousse (EV) assisted by Stephane Quintal

Canadiens

Devils

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Devils

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (L) J. Thibault	0	1	0	33	30	.909	3	3.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Donald Brashear D. Brashear	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	6	16.7
Rory Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	4	25.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Stephane Richer S. Richer	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	3	0.0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Martin Brodeur (W) M. Brodeur	1	0	0	30	28	.933	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Sergei Brylin S. Brylin	1	0	1	+2	2	0	1	100.0
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Shawn Chambers S. Chambers	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Dean K. Dean	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Bill Guerin B. Guerin	1	1	2	+3	0	1	3	33.3
Bobby Holik B. Holik	0	1	1	+1	2	0	5	0.0
John MacLean J. MacLean	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	0.0
Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Peluso M. Peluso	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Rolston B. Rolston	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Jason Smith J. Smith	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	1	1	+2	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Thomas S. Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Valeri Zelepukin V. Zelepukin	1	2	3	+2	2	0	2	50.0