Philadelphia Flyers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 26, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6–5 on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Flyers outshot the Canadiens 42–23.
Saku Koivu scored twice and Stephane Richer scored twice. David Wilkie, Trent Klatt, Martin Rucinsky, Rod Brind'Amour, John LeClair, Shjon Podein and Craig Darby also scored.
Pat Jablonski made 37 saves on 42 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Saku Koivu (5)Brian Savage (4), Mark Recchi (4)0–105:10 MTL
David Wilkie (1)Stephane Quintal (2)0–218:33 MTL ·
2nd period
Trent Klatt (2)Joel Otto (4), Shjon Podein (3)1–201:40 PHI
Martin Rucinsky (3)David Wilkie (4), Patrice Brisebois (4)1–302:41 MTL · 
Rod Brind'Amour (4)Mikael Renberg (7), Janne Niinimaa (2)2–305:54 PHI · 
John LeClair (2)Janne Niinimaa (3)3–309:23 PHI
Stephane Richer (4)Vincent Damphousse (7)3–413:38 MTL
3rd period
- Saku Koivu (6)Martin Rucinsky (7), Mark Recchi (5)3–504:15 MTL
Shjon Podein (4)Joel Otto (5)4–504:50 PHI- Stephane Richer (5)Martin Rucinsky (8)4–612:55 MTL
Craig Darby (1)Pat Falloon (2)5–617:31 PHI ·
Team stats
PHIMTL
4223
0%0%
1/52/5
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:00 into the first period
Francois Groleau · holding2 min - 6:43 into the first periodDavid Wilkie · slashing2 min
- 13:47 into the first period
Scott Daniels · interference obstruction2 min - 16:02 into the first periodScott Daniels · high sticking2 min
- 16:02 into the first periodScott Daniels · high sticking2 min
- 2:04 into the second periodDaniel Lacroix · boarding2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · slashing2 min
- 9:04 into the second periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
- 9:04 into the second periodDaniel Lacroix · fighting5 min
- 13:56 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · hooking2 min
- 1:53 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · tripping obstruction2 min
- 15:32 into the third periodScott Daniels · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 11Craig DarbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan KordicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Aris BrimanisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Terry RyanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 48Francois GroleauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 53Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | W | 42 | 5 | .881 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |