New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 23, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 on Tuesday, April 23, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 31-19.
Adam Graves scored twice. Mark Messier, David Wilkie, Shane Churla, Saku Koivu and Pierre Turgeon also scored.
Mike Richter made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (1)Alex Kovalev (2), Bruce Driver (2)1–012:56 NYR · PPG
David Wilkie (1)Lyle Odelein (1), Mark Recchi (2)1–117:11 MTL
2nd period
Shane Churla (1)Alex Kovalev (3), Kevin Lowe (2)2–106:00 NYR
Adam Graves (4)Bruce Driver (3), Pat Verbeek (2)3–109:04 NYR · PPG- Adam Graves (5)Bruce Driver (4), Mark Messier (4)4–113:43 NYR
3rd period
Saku Koivu (2)Turner Stevenson (1), Peter Popovic (2)4–209:38 MTL
Pierre Turgeon (1)Oleg Petrov (1), Rory Fitzpatrick (1)4–316:16 MTL
Team stats
NYRMTL
19Shots on goal31
0%Faceoff %0%
2/3Power play0/6
14Penalty minutes8
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:26
Alexander Karpovtsev · elbowing2 min - 1st 04:45Mark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 1st 08:21
Saku Koivu · cross checking2 min - 1st 08:21Shane Churla · charging2 min
- 1st 10:59Peter Popovic · holding obstruction2 min
- 1st 15:31Stephane Quintal · holding2 min
- 1st 15:55Alex Kovalev · boarding2 min
- 2nd 08:43Donald Brashear · boarding2 min
- 2nd 18:24Jeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:55Sergio Momesso · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:22Ulf Samuelsson · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 58:29 |