Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, March 20, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Wednesday, March 20, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 33–29.
Goals came from Adam Burt, Martin Rucinsky, Brian Savage, Andrew Cassels and Pierre Turgeon.
Jocelyn Thibault made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Burt (3)Paul Ranheim (18)1–014:06 HFD
Martin Rucinsky (28)Valeri Bure (16), Vincent Damphousse (48)1–114:39 MTL
3rd period
Brian Savage (25)David Wilkie (1), Saku Koivu (24)1–207:13 MTL
Andrew Cassels (17)Geoff Sanderson (28), Brendan Shanahan (28)2–210:28 HFD · 
Pierre Turgeon (34)Rory Fitzpatrick (2), Peter Popovic (10)2–316:49 MTL
Team stats
HFDMTL
3329
0%0%
1/20/3
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:27 into the first period
Paul Ranheim · interference obstruction2 min - 17:05 into the first periodJeff Brown · slashing2 min
- 17:05 into the first period
Saku Koivu · slashing2 min - 3:21 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · roughing2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · slashing2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodBrian Savage · roughing2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodBrian Savage · roughing2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodJeff O'Neill · delaying game2 min
- 17:45 into the second periodRobert Kron · hooking2 min
- 9:23 into the third periodLyle Odelein · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |