Montréal Canadiens vs Anaheim Ducks
Regular season · Wednesday, November 6, 1996 · Arrowhead Pond
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Anaheim Ducks 6–5 on Wednesday, November 6, 1996 at Arrowhead Pond. The Ducks outshot the Canadiens 43–29.
Martin Rucinsky scored a hat trick and Paul Kariya scored twice. David Wilkie, Kevin Todd, Vincent Damphousse, Garry Valk, Warren Rychel and Brian Savage also scored.
Scoring
1st period
David Wilkie (2)Mark Recchi (10), Saku Koivu (12)1–002:34 MTL
Kevin Todd (5)Teemu Selanne (8), Fredrik Olausson (6)1–105:01 ANA
Vincent Damphousse (6)Stephane Richer (5), Vladimir Malakhov (9)2–106:38 MTL · 
Garry Valk (1)Roman Oksiuta (6), Jari Kurri (5)2–207:00 ANA
Warren Rychel (5)Joe Sacco (3), Fredrik Olausson (7)2–313:41 ANA
Brian Savage (8)Mark Recchi (11), Saku Koivu (13)3–318:43 MTL
2nd period
Martin Rucinsky (5)Mark Recchi (12), Vincent Damphousse (9)4–301:26 MTL · - Martin Rucinsky (6)Vincent Damphousse (10), Turner Stevenson (2)5–315:52 MTL
3rd period
Paul Kariya (1)Fredrik Olausson (8), Jean-Francois Jomphe (3)5–405:31 ANA · - Martin Rucinsky (7)Unassisted6–405:43 MTL
- Paul Kariya (2)Teemu Selanne (9), Kevin Todd (9)6–512:16 ANA ·
Team stats
MTLANA
2943
0%0%
2/22/7
2818
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Dave Karpa · fighting5 min - 1:00 into the first period
Shayne Corson · fighting5 min - 5:57 into the first periodBobby Dollas · interference2 min
- 9:34 into the first periodVincent Damphousse · interference2 min
- 14:11 into the first periodShayne Corson · cross checking2 min
- 0:33 into the second periodWarren Rychel · high sticking2 min
- 6:07 into the second periodStephane Richer · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:26 into the second periodTed Drury · fighting5 min
- 9:26 into the second periodBrian Savage · fighting5 min
- 19:27 into the second periodSaku Koivu · tripping2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodScott Thornton · holding2 min
- 8:43 into the third periodWarren Rychel · roughing2 min
- 8:43 into the third periodMurray Baron · roughing2 min
- 10:14 into the third periodJean-Francois Jomphe · roughing2 min
- 10:14 into the third periodVladimir Malakhov · high sticking2 min
- 11:39 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · hooking2 min
- 18:40 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · illegal stick2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.