New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Sunday, April 21, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–1 on Sunday, April 21, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 35–17.
Adam Graves scored twice. Mark Recchi also scored.
Mike Richter made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 33 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Graves (2)Mark Messier (2), Brian Leetch (1)1–015:30 NYR · - Adam Graves (3)Mark Messier (3), Pat Verbeek (1)2–017:50 NYR ·
Mark Recchi (2)Vincent Damphousse (3), Pierre Turgeon (1)2–119:00 MTL ·
Team stats
NYRMTL
3517
0%0%
2/81/9
1816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:01 into the first period
Bruce Driver · holding2 min - 8:54 into the first periodAdam Graves · holding2 min
- 10:34 into the first period
Andrei Kovalenko · cross checking2 min - 11:03 into the first periodAlexander Karpovtsev · roughing2 min
- 13:47 into the first periodDavid Wilkie · holding the stick2 min
- 17:28 into the first periodBrian Savage · holding2 min
- 18:18 into the first periodBrian Leetch · holding obstruction2 min
- 3:58 into the second periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
- 7:20 into the second periodSergio Momesso · elbowing2 min
- 11:35 into the second periodDavid Wilkie · tripping2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodStephane Quintal · interference2 min
- 1:11 into the third periodPatrice Brisebois · hooking2 min
- 5:37 into the third periodMarc Bureau · cross checking2 min
- 5:42 into the third periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
- 8:32 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · tripping2 min
- 15:45 into the third periodDavid Wilkie · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:23 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 35 | 2 | .943 |