The New York Rangers were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 3, in Game 2 of the 1996 playoff series on April 18, 1996.

Final

Canadiens

2-0-0

5

Rangers

0-2-0

3

Team

MTL

NYR

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

NYR

Vincent Damphousse (SH) unassisted

Mark Recchi (PP) assisted by Vincent Damphousse and David Wilkie

2nd period

MTL

NYR

Lyle Odelein (SH) assisted by Saku Koivu

Sergio Momesso (EV) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Jeff Beukeboom

3rd period

MTL

NYR

Sergio Momesso (EV) assisted by Ulf Samuelsson and Sergei Nemchinov

Ulf Samuelsson (EV) assisted by Adam Graves and Alexander Karpovtsev

Vincent Damphousse (EV) assisted by Mark Recchi and Peter Popovic

Marc Bureau (EV-EN) assisted by Vincent Damphousse

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	38	35	.921	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Donald Brashear D. Brashear	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	2	2	4	+2	0	0	1	1	0	1	6	33.3
Rory Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0.0
Andrei Kovalenko A. Kovalenko	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Murray C. Murray	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Oleg Petrov O. Petrov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (L) M. Richter	0	1	0	28	24	.857	4	4.07	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Shane Churla S. Churla	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	0	1	1	-2	0	4	0.0
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	1	1	0	0	4	0.0
Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0.0
Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	0	0	0	0	2	0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	0	0	-2	2	6	0.0
Sergio Momesso S. Momesso	2	0	2	+2	4	2	100.0
Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0.0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	1	1	2	+2	2	1	100.0
Niklas Sundstrom N. Sundstrom	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0.0