Calgary Flames vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, October 16, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Calgary Flames 4–2 on Wednesday, October 16, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Flames outshot the Canadiens 44–27.
Goals came from Scott Thornton, Dave Gagner, Saku Koivu, Jonas Hoglund, Martin Rucinsky and Marc Bureau.
Pat Jablonski made 42 saves on 44 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Thornton (1)Marc Bureau (1)0–108:35 MTL · 
Dave Gagner (2)Cory Stillman (5), Corey Millen (3)1–108:53 CGY · 
Saku Koivu (3)Brian Savage (3), Vladimir Malakhov (5)1–214:29 MTL
Jonas Hoglund (1)Jarome Iginla (2), Ronnie Stern (1)2–218:06 CGY
2nd period
Martin Rucinsky (2)Vincent Damphousse (4), Vladimir Malakhov (6)2–304:28 MTL · 
Marc Bureau (1)Benoit Brunet (2)2–407:37 MTL ·
Team stats
CGYMTL
4427
0%0%
1/70/1
2436
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:11 into the first period
Martin Rucinsky · interference obstruction2 min - 12:26 into the first period
Cory Stillman · slashing2 min - 15:14 into the first periodVincent Damphousse · holding the stick2 min
- 4:01 into the second periodScott Thornton · high sticking2 min
- 4:01 into the second periodScott Thornton · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodTodd Simpson · fighting5 min
- 19:26 into the second periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
- 15:08 into the third periodRonnie Stern · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:08 into the third periodRonnie Stern · fighting5 min
- 15:08 into the third periodRonnie Stern · misconduct10 min
- 15:08 into the third periodStephane Quintal · instigator2 min
- 15:08 into the third periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 15:08 into the third periodStephane Quintal · misconduct10 min
- 15:08 into the third periodMark Recchi · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodStephane Richer · slashing2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 16Cory StillmanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 8 | – |
| 22Ronnie SternR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 34Corey MillenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 51Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13German TitovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 20Todd HlushkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Mike SullivanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 45Marko JantunenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Joel BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Chris O'SullivanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Cale HulseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | W | 44 | 2 | .955 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |