Montréal Canadiens vs Anaheim Ducks
Regular season · Wednesday, February 28, 1996 · Arrowhead Pond
Game summary
The Anaheim Ducks beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on Wednesday, February 28, 1996 at Arrowhead Pond. The Ducks outshot the Canadiens 33–23.
Paul Kariya scored twice. Steve Rucchin, Martin Rucinsky, Andrei Kovalenko, Mike Sillinger and Bobby Dollas also scored.
Mikhail Shtalenkov made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Rucchin (14)Todd Krygier (27), Mike Sillinger (19)0–106:47 ANA
Paul Kariya (35)Joe Sacco (9), Alex Hicks (9)0–218:17 ANA
Martin Rucinsky (26)Vincent Damphousse (44)1–219:00 MTL
2nd period
Andrei Kovalenko (23)Chris Murray (3)2–206:29 MTL
Mike Sillinger (13)Paul Kariya (41), Teemu Selanne (54)2–310:54 ANA · 
Bobby Dollas (5)Todd Krygier (28), Shaun Van Allen (16)2–413:13 ANA ·
3rd period
- Paul Kariya (36)Teemu Selanne (55), Bobby Dollas (17)2–514:48 ANA ·
Team stats
MTLANA
2333
0%0%
0/42/6
2510
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:09 into the first period
Peter Popovic · hooking2 min - 16:10 into the first period
Paul Kariya · hooking2 min - 8:01 into the second periodTodd Ewen · tripping2 min
- 8:01 into the second periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
- 10:34 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · delaying game2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodJoe Sacco · slashing2 min
- 2:20 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · slashing2 min
- 6:34 into the third periodJason Marshall · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:04 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · high sticking5 min
- 12:04 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · game misconduct10 min
- 12:54 into the third periodMark Recchi · slashing2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodDave Karpa · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 56Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
Anaheim Ducks
| 9Paul KariyaL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Todd KrygierL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Bobby DollasD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Alex HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jim CampbellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 46Jean-Francois JompheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Jason MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Guy HebertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mikhail ShtalenkovG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |