Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Friday, April 26, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Friday, April 26, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 42–27.
Goals came from Jari Kurri, Brian Leetch, Alex Kovalev, Saku Koivu and Rory Fitzpatrick.
Mike Richter made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 39 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (1)Unassisted0–118:31 NYR ·
3rd period
Brian Leetch (1)Pat Verbeek (3), Bruce Driver (5)0–200:13 NYR · 
Alex Kovalev (1)Ulf Samuelsson (2)0–303:03 NYR
Saku Koivu (3)David Wilkie (2), Marc Bureau (1)1–306:09 MTL
Rory Fitzpatrick (1)Pierre Turgeon (2), Mark Recchi (3)2–316:22 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYR
2742
0%0%
0/41/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:52 into the first period
Saku Koivu · tripping2 min - 9:05 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · interference obstruction2 min - 11:26 into the first periodLyle Odelein · high sticking2 min
- 12:57 into the first periodAdam Graves · interference2 min
- 15:49 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · elbowing2 min
- 17:50 into the first periodSergio Momesso · elbowing2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodDavid Wilkie · holding2 min
- 18:35 into the second periodPierre Turgeon · holding the stick2 min
- 0:44 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Oleg PetrovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 42 | 3 | .929 |
New York Rangers
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Ken GernanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |