New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, March 25, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 4–1 on Monday, March 25, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 31–28.
Goals came from Travis Green, Mark Recchi, Turner Stevenson, Craig Rivet and Vincent Damphousse.
Jocelyn Thibault made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Eric Fichaud stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Travis Green (21)Ziggy Palffy (40), Patrick Flatley (9)1–009:38 NYI · 
Mark Recchi (25)Andrei Kovalenko (26)1–112:40 MTL
2nd period
Turner Stevenson (8)Unassisted1–201:25 MTL
Craig Rivet (1)Pierre Turgeon (51), Andrei Kovalenko (27)1–311:15 MTL
Vincent Damphousse (35)Martin Rucinsky (41), Pierre Turgeon (52)1–418:02 MTL ·
Team stats
NYIMTL
2831
0%0%
1/31/4
2927
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:25 into the first period
Valeri Bure · tripping2 min - 8:41 into the first periodPeter Popovic · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 7:16 into the second period
Patrick Flatley · hooking obstruction2 min - 13:58 into the second periodJocelyn Thibault · delaying game2 min
- 17:03 into the second periodAlexander Semak · high sticking2 min
- 17:03 into the second periodAlexander Semak · high sticking2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodMichael Macwilliam · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:52 into the third periodScott Fraser · hooking2 min
- 10:52 into the third periodDerek Armstrong · diving2 min
- 19:35 into the third periodScott Fraser · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the third periodCraig Rivet · instigator2 min
- 19:35 into the third periodCraig Rivet · fighting5 min
- 19:35 into the third periodCraig Rivet · game misconduct10 min
- 19:35 into the third periodJarrett Deuling · fighting5 min
- 19:35 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · game misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Jarrett DeulingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 43Michael MacwilliamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 56Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |