Vancouver Canucks vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, November 16, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–1 on Saturday, November 16, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Canucks outshot the Canadiens 39–32.
Shayne Corson scored twice. Martin Rucinsky, Chris Murray, Stephane Quintal, Vincent Damphousse and Leif Rohlin also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 38 saves on 39 shots for the win; Mike Fountain stopped 12 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Rucinsky (10)Vincent Damphousse (13), Saku Koivu (16)0–103:43 MTL · 
Shayne Corson (3)Stephane Richer (6), Marc Bureau (2)0–206:39 MTL
Chris Murray (1)Scott Thornton (2), David Wilkie (6)0–314:16 MTL
2nd period
Stephane Quintal (4)Saku Koivu (17), Mark Recchi (15)0–410:12 MTL
Vincent Damphousse (8)Patrice Brisebois (6), Stephane Quintal (5)0–511:22 MTL
3rd period
- Shayne Corson (4)Stephane Richer (7), Marc Bureau (3)0–602:46 MTL
Leif Rohlin (1)Mark Wotton (1), Scott Walker (3)1–617:29 VAN
Team stats
VANMTL
3932
0%0%
0/21/2
188
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:11 into the first period
Adrian Aucoin · hooking obstruction2 min - 8:12 into the first period
Patrice Brisebois · interference obstruction2 min - 8:12 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodGino Odjick · misconduct10 min
- 12:04 into the second periodMurray Baron · holding obstruction2 min
- 3:30 into the third periodGino Odjick · charging2 min
- 7:20 into the third periodMurray Baron · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodDarcy Tucker · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodGino Odjick · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Mark WottonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike FountainG | L | 17 | 5 | .706 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 15 | 1 | .933 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 39 | 1 | .974 |