New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Sunday, April 28, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–3 on Sunday, April 28, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 30–26.
Goals came from Pat Verbeek, Adam Graves, Alex Kovalev, Jari Kurri, Mark Recchi, Pierre Turgeon, Doug Lidster and Patrice Brisebois.
Mike Richter made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 5 of 9.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Verbeek (1)Mark Messier (5), Jeff Beukeboom (2)1–006:24 NYR
Adam Graves (6)Brian Leetch (2), Pat Verbeek (4)2–009:16 NYR · 
Alex Kovalev (2)Ulf Samuelsson (3), Shane Churla (1)3–009:43 NYR
Jari Kurri (2)Luc Robitaille (2), Niklas Sundstrom (1)4–010:18 NYR
Mark Recchi (3)Patrice Brisebois (2), Pierre Turgeon (3)4–112:41 MTL ·
2nd period
Pierre Turgeon (2)Brian Savage (2), Stephane Quintal (1)4–202:11 MTL
Doug Lidster (1)Alex Kovalev (4)5–211:33 NYR ·
3rd period
Patrice Brisebois (1)Pierre Turgeon (4), Vincent Damphousse (4)5–300:56 MTL
Team stats
NYRMTL
2630
0%0%
2/51/6
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:14 into the first period
Alex Kovalev · interference obstruction2 min - 8:11 into the first period
Andrei Kovalenko · interference obstruction2 min - 11:12 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · hooking2 min
- 12:25 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:51 into the first periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 9:45 into the second periodDavid Wilkie · roughing2 min
- 14:22 into the second periodPatrice Brisebois · roughing2 min
- 15:41 into the second periodLyle Odelein · roughing2 min
- 15:41 into the second periodSergei Nemchinov · roughing2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 7:26 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:47 into the third periodSaku Koivu · slashing2 min
- 13:37 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Barry RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 57Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 17 | 1 | .941 | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 9 | 4 | .556 |