Edmonton Oilers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 23, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–5 on Saturday, March 23, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 32–31.
Jason Arnott scored a hat trick and Vincent Damphousse scored twice. Miroslav Satan, Pierre Turgeon, Mark Recchi, Dean McAmmond, Todd Marchant and Patrice Brisebois also scored.
Curtis Joseph made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Miroslav Satan (15)Boris Mironov (22), Jason Arnott (25)1–001:39 EDM
Jason Arnott (22)Jeff Norton (23), Dean McAmmond (11)2–009:14 EDM
Pierre Turgeon (37)Andrei Kovalenko (25)2–109:26 MTL- Jason Arnott (23)Doug Weight (70), Zdeno Ciger (34)3–114:50 EDM ·
- Jason Arnott (24)Miroslav Satan (15), Dean McAmmond (12)4–117:33 EDM
2nd period
Mark Recchi (24)Pierre Turgeon (49), David Wilkie (3)4–214:56 MTL
Vincent Damphousse (33)Martin Rucinsky (39), Craig Rivet (2)4–316:27 MTL- Vincent Damphousse (34)Martin Rucinsky (40), Patrice Brisebois (27)4–417:55 MTL
3rd period
Dean McAmmond (12)Jason Arnott (26), Doug Weight (71)5–409:24 EDM
Todd Marchant (13)Ryan Smyth (7)6–415:35 EDM
Patrice Brisebois (9)Mark Recchi (48), Pierre Turgeon (50)6–519:55 MTL
Team stats
EDMMTL
3132
0%0%
1/40/3
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:28 into the first period
Vincent Damphousse · holding the stick2 min - 13:21 into the first periodMartin Rucinsky · roughing2 min
- 1:07 into the second period
Doug Weight · hooking2 min - 6:50 into the second periodJiri Slegr · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodAndrei Kovalenko · cross checking2 min
- 2:39 into the third periodBoris Mironov · tripping2 min
- 7:05 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 7:32 into the third periodJeff Norton · roughing2 min
- 7:32 into the third periodMarc Bureau · roughing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Jason ArnottC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 32Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Zdeno CigerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Ralph IntranuovoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Joaquin GageG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 32 | 5 | .844 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 56Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |