Florida Panthers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, April 6, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 2–1 on Saturday, April 6, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Panthers outshot the Canadiens 32–20.
Goals came from Marc Bureau, Valeri Bure and Paul Laus.
Jocelyn Thibault made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 18 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Marc Bureau (3)Oleg Petrov (6)0–107:45 MTL
Valeri Bure (20)Martin Rucinsky (46), Vincent Damphousse (51)0–213:07 MTL
3rd period
Paul Laus (3)Scott Mellanby (36), Johan Garpenlov (26)1–204:17 FLA
Team stats
FLAMTL
3220
0%0%
0/30/3
1111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:44 into the first period
Stephane Quintal · high sticking2 min - 13:22 into the first period
John Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min - 19:32 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · fighting5 min
- 19:32 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
- 7:19 into the second periodBrian Savage · roughing2 min
- 18:38 into the second periodMike Hough · elbowing2 min
- 1:34 into the third periodPeter Popovic · holding the stick2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodStu Barnes · hooking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Gilbert DionneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Magnus SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 20 | 2 | .900 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |