Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, January 3, 1996 · Madison Square Garden

4–7

39–35

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–4 on Wednesday, January 3, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 39–35.

Mark Messier scored twice, Ray Ferraro scored a hat trick and Pierre Turgeon scored twice. Vincent Damphousse, Brian Leetch, Alex Kovalev and Valeri Bure also scored.

Glenn Healy made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 19 of 24.

Goals
MTL	1	1	2	4	39
NYR	1	4	2	7	35

Scoring

1st period

Mark Messier (26)Pat Verbeek (28), Brian Leetch (39)0–110:50 NYR
Vincent Damphousse (18)Patrice Brisebois (18)1–113:07 MTL ·

2nd period

Ray Ferraro (16)Bruce Driver (16), Alex Kovalev (20)1–210:54 NYR
Brian Leetch (7)Mark Messier (31), Pat Verbeek (29)1–311:46 NYR ·
Ray Ferraro (17)Luc Robitaille (25)1–415:53 NYR
Alex Kovalev (11)Ray Ferraro (23), Luc Robitaille (26)1–516:02 NYR
Pierre Turgeon (15)Lyle Odelein (6), Mark Recchi (22)2–518:50 MTL ·

3rd period

Pierre Turgeon (16)Patrice Brisebois (19)3–505:24 MTL ·
Ray Ferraro (18)Alex Kovalev (21), Luc Robitaille (27)3–614:13 NYR
Valeri Bure (7)Pierre Turgeon (26), Mark Recchi (23)4–614:51 MTL
Mark Messier (27)Adam Graves (22)4–719:25 NYR · ·

Team stats

MTLNYR

3935

0%0%

3/91/3

1323

Penalties

3:35 into the first periodChris Murray · fighting5 min
3:35 into the first periodJoey Kocur · cross checking2 min
3:35 into the first periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
6:40 into the first periodVincent Damphousse · hooking2 min
13:03 into the first periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
17:38 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · interference obstruction2 min
18:21 into the first periodBrian Savage · interference obstruction2 min
18:32 into the first periodSergei Nemchinov · hooking2 min
7:03 into the second periodDarren Langdon · hooking2 min
11:35 into the second periodLyle Odelein · cross checking2 min
17:17 into the second periodDarren Langdon · charging2 min
4:38 into the third periodIan Laperriere · tripping2 min
6:25 into the third periodKevin Lowe · holding the stick2 min
10:21 into the third periodYves Racine · holding the stick2 min
18:33 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

77Pierre TurgeonC	2	1	3	0	4	0	–	–
8Mark RecchiR	0	2	2	0	5	0	–	–
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	2	2	−3	2	0	–	–
18Valeri BureR	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
25Vincent DamphousseC	1	0	1	0	4	2	–	–
24Lyle OdeleinD	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
6Oleg PetrovR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
11Saku KoivuC	0	0	0	−4	1	0	–	–
26Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
28Marc BureauC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
30Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	–	–
49Brian SavageL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
51Andrei KovalenkoR	0	0	0	−4	0	0	–	–
57Chris MurrayR	0	0	0	−1	1	5	–	–
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	−2	6	0	–	–
23Marko KiprusoffD	0	0	0	−1	4	0	–	–
29Yves RacineD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
53Rory FitzpatrickD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
39Pat JablonskiG		10	9	1	.900	20:00
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	L	24	19	5	.792	40:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

21Ray FerraroC	3	1	4	+4	7	0	–	–
11Mark MessierC	2	1	3	+2	7	0	–	–
20Luc RobitailleL	0	3	3	+4	2	2	–	–
27Alex KovalevR	1	2	3	+4	2	0	–	–
16Pat VerbeekR	0	2	2	+1	0	2	–	–
2Brian LeetchD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	–	–
9Adam GravesL	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
33Bruce DriverD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	–	–
13Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
15Darren LangdonL	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	–
18Wayne PresleyR	0	0	0	−1	5	0	–	–
22Ian LaperriereR	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
24Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
26Joey KocurR	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	–
4Kevin LoweD	0	0	0	+3	0	4	–	–
6Doug LidsterD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
23Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
25Alexander KarpovtsevD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
30Glenn HealyG	W	39	35	4	.897	60:00
34Jamie RamG		0	0	0	–	–