Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, December 18, 1995 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Monday, December 18, 1995 at Montreal Forum. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 37–35.
Mark Recchi scored twice and Brendan Shanahan scored twice. Marc Bureau also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (9)Pierre Turgeon (23)0–113:43 MTL
Marc Bureau (1)Donald Brashear (4)0–217:46 MTL
2nd period
- Mark Recchi (10)Pierre Turgeon (24), Vladimir Malakhov (5)0–315:32 MTL ·
Brendan Shanahan (10)Geoff Sanderson (12), Glen Wesley (8)1–317:43 HFD ·
3rd period
- Brendan Shanahan (11)Nelson Emerson (9), Geoff Sanderson (13)2–315:39 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDMTL
3735
0%0%
2/61/3
1635
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:10 into the first period
Andrew Cassels · hooking2 min - 11:03 into the first period
Donald Brashear · holding2 min - 2:14 into the second periodChris Murray · boarding2 min
- 5:50 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · high sticking5 min
- 5:50 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · game misconduct10 min
- 11:46 into the second periodGerald Diduck · interference obstruction2 min
- 13:54 into the second periodBrian Glynn · cross checking2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
- 3:08 into the third periodChris Murray · fighting5 min
- 14:41 into the third periodMark Janssens · fighting5 min
- 14:41 into the third periodMark Recchi · fighting5 min
- 14:53 into the third periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
- 19:46 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · delaying game2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Steve MartinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Frantisek KuceraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |