The Montreal Canadiens came up just a bit short against the New York Rangers, 3 to 2, in overtime on December 21, 1996.

Rangers

17-14-5

12-17-5

Team

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

MTL

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

2nd period

NYR

MTL

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

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

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

NYR

MTL

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

Rangers

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Canadiens

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

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Daniel Goneau D. Goneau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	3	3	+2	2	0	0	5	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	5	20.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	2	50.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	1	2	3	+2	0	0	0	1	100.0

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

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Murray Baron M. Baron	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sebastien Bordeleau S. Bordeleau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	16.7
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	0.0
Chris Murray C. Murray	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	1	100.0
Stephane Richer S. Richer	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0.0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0