Montréal Canadiens vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, November 2, 1996 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, November 2, 1996 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Canadiens 35–24.
Goals came from Owen Nolan, Chris Tancill, Scott Thornton, Saku Koivu, Vincent Damphousse, Al Iafrate and Darren Turcotte.
Kelly Hrudey made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Owen Nolan (9)Andrei Nazarov (4), Doug Bodger (3)0–101:19 SJS
Chris Tancill (2)Tim Hunter (2)0–203:26 SJS
Scott Thornton (3)Vladimir Malakhov (7)1–218:39 MTL
2nd period
Saku Koivu (7)Shayne Corson (2), Mark Recchi (8)2–200:38 MTL
Vincent Damphousse (4)Stephane Richer (4), Vladimir Malakhov (8)3–219:11 MTL
3rd period
Al Iafrate (3)Bernie Nicholls (12), Owen Nolan (10)3–318:15 SJS ·
Overtime
Darren Turcotte (6)Jeff Friesen (4), Todd Gill (9)3–403:07 SJS
Team stats
MTLSJS
2435
0%0%
0/51/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:45 into the first period
Donald Brashear · interference2 min - 10:18 into the first period
Todd Gill · interference2 min - 4:33 into the second periodMurray Baron · cross checking2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodViktor Kozlov · high sticking2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodTony Granato · interference2 min
- 4:25 into the third periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
- 11:41 into the third periodAndrei Nazarov · roughing2 min
- 17:58 into the third periodVladimir Malakhov · interference2 min
- 0:57 into overtimeUlf Dahlen · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
San Jose Sharks
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Chris TancillR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 43Al IafrateD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Darrin MadeleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |