Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 16, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, April 16, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 45–32.
Vincent Damphousse scored twice. Adam Graves, Saku Koivu and Niklas Sundstrom also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Graves (1)Bruce Driver (1), Mark Messier (1)0–107:17 NYR · 
Saku Koivu (1)Brian Savage (1), Patrice Brisebois (1)1–119:50 MTL
3rd period
Niklas Sundstrom (1)Luc Robitaille (1), Kevin Lowe (1)1–205:58 NYR
Vincent Damphousse (1)Valeri Bure (1), Benoit Brunet (1)2–206:44 MTL
Overtime
- Vincent Damphousse (2)Benoit Brunet (2)3–205:04 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYR
3245
0%0%
0/21/3
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:57 into the first period
Patrice Brisebois · hooking obstruction2 min - 12:17 into the first period
Mark Messier · interference obstruction2 min - 13:55 into the first periodAndrei Kovalenko · roughing2 min
- 13:55 into the first periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodStephane Quintal · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodValeri Bure · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 5:38 into the second periodMarc Bureau · cross checking2 min
- 7:30 into the second periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.