The New York Rangers came up just a bit short against the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 4, on March 19, 1997.

Final

Canadiens

26-32-14

5

Rangers

33-30-9

4

Team

MTL

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYR

Brian Savage (EV) assisted by Peter Popovic

Stephane Quintal (EV) assisted by Brian Savage and Mark Recchi

2nd period

MTL

NYR

Russ Courtnall (PP) assisted by Alexander Karpovtsev and Mark Messier

Adam Graves (PP) assisted by Mark Messier and Russ Courtnall

Benoit Brunet (PP) assisted by Dave Manson and Vincent Damphousse

Wayne Gretzky (EV) assisted by Niklas Sundstrom and Bill Berg

3rd period

MTL

NYR

Martin Rucinsky (EV) assisted by Vincent Damphousse and Benoit Brunet

Brian Leetch (EV) assisted by Patrick Flatley and Mike Eastwood

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

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 (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	31	27	.871	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jassen Cullimore J. Cullimore	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	1	2	3	+3	2	0	1	1	6	16.7
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Dave Manson D. Manson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	1	0	1	+2	15	0	0	0	1	100.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Stephane Richer S. Richer	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (L) M. Richter	0	1	0	39	34	.872	5	5.08	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Eric Cairns E. Cairns	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	1	1	2	-1	0	1	1	2	50.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Eastwood M. Eastwood	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Patrick Flatley P. Flatley	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	5	20.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	50.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0
Darren Langdon D. Langdon	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	20.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	2	2	-2	0	0	2	4	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0