Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, February 23, 1996 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-5 on Friday, February 23, 1996 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 36-29.
Goals came from Steve Thomas, Brian Rolston, Chris Murray, Steve Sullivan, Vincent Damphousse, Scott Niedermayer, Ken Daneyko, Martin Rucinsky, Peter Popovic, Bill Guerin and Pierre Turgeon.
Martin Brodeur made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Pat Jablonski stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Thomas (19)John MacLean (22), Bobby Holik (11)0–100:51 NJD
Brian Rolston (9)John MacLean (23), Tommy Albelin (12)0–207:00 NJD
Chris Murray (3)Vladimir Malakhov (16)1–210:50 MTL
Steve Sullivan (1)John MacLean (24), Scott Stevens (19)1–315:09 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Vincent Damphousse (27)Unassisted2–302:26 MTL
Scott Niedermayer (7)John MacLean (25), Shawn Chambers (16)2–405:17 NJD · PPG
Ken Daneyko (1)Bobby Holik (12)2–511:47 NJD
Martin Rucinsky (22)Lyle Odelein (12)3–515:16 MTL
Peter Popovic (2)Vincent Damphousse (41), Martin Rucinsky (32)4–516:17 MTL
3rd period
Bill Guerin (18)Steve Thomas (31)4–608:56 NJD
Pierre Turgeon (29)Vladimir Malakhov (17)5–617:42 MTL
Team stats
MTLNJD
29Shots on goal36
0%Faceoff %0%
0/4Power play2/6
14Penalty minutes10
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 05:20
Marc Bureau · hooking2 min - 1st 06:35
Steve Sullivan · tripping obstruction2 min - 1st 11:33Valeri Bure · slashing2 min
- 1st 11:33Scott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 1st 14:45Donald Brashear · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:32Turner Stevenson · interference2 min
- 1st 19:32Bobby Holik · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 04:50Turner Stevenson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 08:24Martin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 05:57Sergei Brylin · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 09:40Peter Popovic · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 15:20Valeri Zelepukin · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 56Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Robert DirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 39Pat JablonskiG | L | 36 | 30 | 6 | .833 | 58:21 |
New Jersey Devils
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 24Steve SullivanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 11Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 60:00 |
| 35Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |