The New York Rangers couldn't pull it off against the Montreal Canadiens, 3 to 2, in overtime in Game 1 of the 1996 playoff series on April 16, 1996.

Canadiens

1-0-0

0-1-0

Team

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYR

Adam Graves (PP) assisted by Bruce Driver and Mark Messier

Saku Koivu (EV) assisted by Brian Savage and Patrice Brisebois

3rd period

MTL

NYR

Niklas Sundstrom (EV) assisted by Luc Robitaille and Kevin Lowe

Vincent Damphousse (EV) assisted by Valeri Bure and Benoit Brunet

MTL

NYR

Vincent Damphousse (EV) assisted by Benoit Brunet

Canadiens

Rangers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Rangers

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	45	43	.956	2	1.85	0	65

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	5	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	2	0	2	+2	0	1	1	6	33.3
Rory Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Andrei Kovalenko A. Kovalenko	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (L) M. Richter	0	1	0	32	29	.906	3	2.77	0	65

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	10	10.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	1	1	-3	2	0	1	5	0.0
Sergio Momesso S. Momesso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	4	25.0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	1	0.0