Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, January 31, 1996 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Wednesday, January 31, 1996 at Montreal Forum. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 26–20.
Vincent Damphousse scored twice. Mark Recchi, Martin Rucinsky, Joe Juneau, Sergei Gonchar, Valeri Bure and Steve Konowalchuk also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (15)Andrei Kovalenko (20), Pierre Turgeon (35)0–103:40 MTL
Vincent Damphousse (21)Martin Rucinsky (23), Chris Murray (1)0–203:57 MTL
Martin Rucinsky (16)Vincent Damphousse (32), Mark Recchi (32)0–313:49 MTL · - Vincent Damphousse (22)Martin Rucinsky (24), Stephane Quintal (10)0–417:01 MTL
2nd period
Joe Juneau (9)Michal Pivonka (35)1–404:44 WSH ·
3rd period
Sergei Gonchar (9)Joe Juneau (27)2–400:22 WSH
Valeri Bure (13)Unassisted2–501:25 MTL
Steve Konowalchuk (20)Joe Juneau (28), Sergei Gonchar (14)3–515:12 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHMTL
2620
0%0%
2/71/5
1519
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:55 into the first period
Mark Tinordi · interference obstruction2 min - 6:14 into the first period
Mark Recchi · hooking2 min - 10:24 into the first periodPatrice Brisebois · slashing2 min
- 13:12 into the first periodJoe Reekie · slashing2 min
- 18:28 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:49 into the second periodMarc Bureau · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:14 into the second periodSergei Gonchar · hooking2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
- 16:17 into the second periodMike Eagles · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:39 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · holding the stick2 min
- 8:22 into the third periodRory Fitzpatrick · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:36 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 18:52 into the third periodDenis Chasse · fighting5 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.