New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 16, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Saturday, March 16, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 30–26.
Vincent Damphousse scored twice. Bill Berg, Mark Recchi, Niklas Sundstrom and Pierre Turgeon also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Vincent Damphousse (30)Valeri Bure (14), Martin Rucinsky (35)0–106:13 MTL
Bill Berg (2)Niklas Sundstrom (11), Ken Gernander (1)1–108:09 NYR- Vincent Damphousse (31)Valeri Bure (15), Vladimir Malakhov (22)1–213:21 MTL ·
3rd period
Mark Recchi (22)Patrice Brisebois (26), Martin Rucinsky (36)1–302:24 MTL · 
Niklas Sundstrom (9)Bruce Driver (31)2–306:40 NYR
Pierre Turgeon (33)Vladimir Malakhov (23), Martin Rucinsky (37)2–416:19 MTL ·
Team stats
NYRMTL
2630
0%0%
0/43/8
2626
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Andrei Kovalenko · interference obstruction2 min - 4:12 into the first periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
- 4:12 into the first period
Shane Churla · fighting5 min - 8:28 into the first periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 11:15 into the first periodMarty McSorley · hooking2 min
- 11:15 into the first periodMarty McSorley · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:41 into the first periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 15:33 into the first periodSergio Momesso · roughing2 min
- 18:49 into the first periodLyle Odelein · fighting5 min
- 18:49 into the first periodLyle Odelein · attempt to injure10 min
- 18:49 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
- 4:44 into the second periodPeter Popovic · interference obstruction2 min
- 8:37 into the second periodBruce Driver · interference obstruction2 min
- 0:28 into the third periodBrian Leetch · holding2 min
- 14:45 into the third periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 14:58 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |