1996-97 Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens couldn't pull it off against the New York Rangers, 3 to 2, in overtime on December 21, 1996.

Final

NYR

Rangers

17-14-5

3

MTL

Canadiens

12-17-5

2

1

0

1

2

2

1

3

0

0

OT

1

0

Total

3

2

1st period

NYR

MTL

Canadiens

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Stephane Richer and Patrice Brisebois

0

1

2nd period

NYR

MTL

Rangers

Ulf Samuelsson (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Niklas Sundstrom

1

1

Canadiens

Vincent Damphousse (PP) assisted by Vladimir Malakhov and Martin Rucinsky

1

2

Rangers

Niklas Sundstrom (EV) assisted by Wayne Gretzky and Alexander Karpovtsev

2

2

OT

NYR

MTL

Rangers

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

3

2

Rangers

Canadiens

Goals

3

2

Shots

25

29

Penalty Minutes

13

13

Power-Play Goals

0

1

Power-Play Opportunities

4

4

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME W L T SA SV SV% GA GAA SHO MIN
M. Richter
1
0
0
29
27
.931
2
1.98
0
61

Skaters

NAME G A P +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG OTG S S% FOW FO FOW% HIT BKS TKA GVA TOI
J. Beukeboom
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
S. Churla
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
B. Driver
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0.0
P. Flatley
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
D. Goneau
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
A. Graves
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
W. Gretzky
0
3
3
+2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0.0
A. Karpovtsev
0
1
1
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
A. Kovalev
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
B. Leetch
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
M. Messier
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
L. Robitaille
1
0
1
+2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
5
20.0
U. Samuelsson
1
0
1
+2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
50.0
N. Sundstrom
1
2
3
+2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
100.0

Goalies

NAME W L T SA SV SV% GA GAA SHO MIN
J. Thibault
0
1
0
25
22
.880
3
2.97
0
61

Skaters

NAME G A P +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG OTG S S% FOW FO FOW% HIT BKS TKA GVA TOI
M. Baron
0
0
0
-2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
S. Bordeleau
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
P. Brisebois
0
1
1
-2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
V. Damphousse
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
16.7
V. Malakhov
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
0.0
C. Murray
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
P. Popovic
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
S. Quintal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0.0
M. Recchi
1
0
1
-2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
100.0
S. Richer
0
1
1
-2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
M. Rucinsky
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0.0
B. Savage
0
0
0
-2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
T. Stevenson
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
S. Thornton
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0
D. Wilkie
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0.0

More Canadiens Stats

Team Rankings

G/GP

2.91

21st

GA/GP

3.55

29th

PP%

22.4

12th

PK%

82.4

9th

2024-25 Division Standings
TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
21
11
2
44
13
Panthers Panthers
21
11
2
44
16
Bruins Bruins
18
13
4
40
-17
Senators Senators
18
13
2
38
9
Lightning Lightning
18
10
2
38
34
Canadiens Canadiens
14
16
3
31
-21
Red Wings Red Wings
13
16
4
30
-19
Sabres Sabres
11
19
4
26
-22
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
3/8
MTL MTL
@
CGY CGY
7:00 PM
Thu
3/6
MTL MTL
@
EDM EDM
9:00 PM
Mon
3/3
BUF BUF
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Sat
3/1
MTL MTL
@
BUF BUF
7:00 PM
Thu
2/27
SJS SJS
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Last Game
MTL Canadiens

14 - 16 - undefined

5

Final

1

DET Red Wings

13 - 16 - undefined

Sat 21 Dec 2024

NHL 2024-25 Leaders

NHL 2024-25 Rankings

NHL 2024-25 Betting

NHL 2024-25 Division Standings

Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Jets Jets
24
10
1
49
41
Wild Wild
20
10
4
44
7
Avalanche Avalanche
20
15
0
40
-2
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
22
8
3
47
22
Kings Kings
19
9
5
43
18
Oilers Oilers
20
11
2
42
14
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
21
11
2
44
13
Panthers Panthers
21
11
2
44
16
Lightning Lightning
18
10
2
38
34
Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Capitals Capitals
22
8
2
46
37
Devils Devils
22
11
3
47
28
Hurricanes Hurricanes
20
11
1
41
23

NHL 2024-25 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
12/20
SEA SEA
@
VGK VGK
2-6
Fri
12/20
OTT OTT
@
VAN VAN
5-4
Fri
12/20
NYI NYI
@
TOR TOR
6-3
Fri
12/20
BUF BUF
@
BOS BOS
1-3
Fri
12/20
CBJ CBJ
@
PHI PHI
4-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
12/28
EDM EDM
@
LAK LAK
4:00 PM
Sat
12/28
SEA SEA
@
VAN VAN
4:00 PM
Sat
12/28
MTL MTL
@
FLA FLA
1:00 PM
Fri
12/27
VGK VGK
@
SJS SJS
10:30 PM
Fri
12/27
COL COL
@
UTA UTA
9:30 PM