Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 20, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Wednesday, November 20, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 35–31.
Goals came from Andrew Cassels, Stephane Richer, Paul Coffey and Sami Kapanen.
Sean Burke made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 28 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Cassels (5)Paul Coffey (3), Geoff Sanderson (10)0–107:39 HFD
Stephane Richer (8)Shayne Corson (4), Marc Bureau (4)1–108:46 MTL
3rd period
Paul Coffey (2)Kevin Dineen (8), Geoff Sanderson (11)1–203:40 HFD · 
Sami Kapanen (3)Unassisted1–319:38 HFD ·
Team stats
MTLHFD
3531
0%0%
0/41/3
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:35 into the first period
Peter Popovic · holding the stick2 min - 14:37 into the first period
Glen Featherstone · slashing2 min - 5:28 into the second periodAdam Burt · roughing2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · roughing2 min
- 13:28 into the second periodSean Burke · delaying game2 min
- 17:18 into the second periodSteven Rice · holding2 min
- 19:42 into the second periodBrian Savage · hooking2 min
- 3:26 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · boarding2 min
- 6:39 into the third periodNelson Emerson · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 30 | 2 | .933 |
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |