The New York Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 6 to 2, on December 1, 1996.

Final

Canadiens

10-13-4

2

Rangers

10-13-4

6

Team

MTL

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYR

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Vladimir Malakhov and Saku Koivu

Sergei Nemchinov (EV) assisted by Patrick Flatley and Brian Leetch

2nd period

MTL

NYR

Jeff Beukeboom (EV) assisted by Mark Messier

Luc Robitaille (EV) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom and Wayne Gretzky

Brian Leetch (EV) assisted by Mark Messier and Alex Kovalev

3rd period

MTL

NYR

Martin Rucinsky (EV) assisted by Vincent Damphousse and Brian Savage

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Patrick Flatley

Brian Noonan (EV) assisted by Ulf Samuelsson and Sergei Nemchinov

Canadiens

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Rangers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (L) J. Thibault	0	1	0	46	40	.870	6	6.84	0	53
Pat Jablonski P. Jablonski				3	3	1.000	0	0.00	0	7

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Murray Baron M. Baron	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	1	1	-2	2	5	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	1	1	-2	0	5	0.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Chris Murray C. Murray	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1	0	1	-2	2	2	50.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	1	0	1	-1	0	5	20.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	1	1	-2	2	0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	37	35	.946	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	1	0	1	+2	2	0	2	50.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	2	2	+3	0	0	2	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1	1	2	0	0	0	6	16.7
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	1	1	+2	6	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	1	1	2	+2	0	0	4	25.0
Doug Lidster D. Lidster	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	2	2	+2	0	0	6	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	1	1	2	+2	0	0	4	25.0
Brian Noonan B. Noonan	1	0	1	+2	0	0	4	25.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	16.7
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	1	1	-1	0	0	5	0.0