The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the New York Rangers, 4 to 3, in Game 4 of the 1996 playoff series on April 23, 1996.

Final

Rangers

2-2-0

4

Canadiens

2-2-0

3

Team

NYR

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

MTL

Mark Messier (PP) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Bruce Driver

David Wilkie (EV) assisted by Lyle Odelein and Mark Recchi

2nd period

NYR

MTL

Shane Churla (EV) assisted by Alex Kovalev and Kevin Lowe

Adam Graves (PP) assisted by Bruce Driver and Pat Verbeek

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

3rd period

NYR

MTL

Saku Koivu (EV) assisted by Turner Stevenson and Peter Popovic

Pierre Turgeon (EV) assisted by Oleg Petrov and Rory Fitzpatrick

Rangers

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Richter (W) M. Richter	1	0	0	31	28	.903	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Bill Berg B. Berg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Shane Churla S. Churla	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	100.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Adam Graves A. Graves	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	66.7
Alexander Karpovtsev A. Karpovtsev	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Alex Kovalev A. Kovalev	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	4	0.0
Jari Kurri J. Kurri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Messier M. Messier	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0	3	33.3
Sergio Momesso S. Momesso	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (L) J. Thibault	0	1	0	19	15	.789	4	4.10	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Donald Brashear D. Brashear	0	0	0	0	2	0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0.0
Rory Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	1	0	1	+1	2	1	100.0
Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Oleg Petrov O. Petrov	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	1	1	0	0	4	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0