Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, November 21, 1996 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 6–2 on Thursday, November 21, 1996 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 37–34.
Mark Recchi scored a hat trick. Marc Bureau, Saku Koivu, Valeri Bure, Rob DiMaio and Jozef Stumpel also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Marc Bureau (2)Stephane Richer (8), David Wilkie (7)1–002:10 MTL
Saku Koivu (10)Unassisted2–013:00 MTL
2nd period
Mark Recchi (9)Vladimir Malakhov (12), Brian Savage (10)3–001:09 MTL- Mark Recchi (10)Brian Savage (11), Saku Koivu (18)4–013:52 MTL
3rd period
Valeri Bure (3)Vincent Damphousse (14), Patrice Brisebois (7)5–004:50 MTL
Rob DiMaio (2)Steve Heinze (4), Jozef Stumpel (9)5–107:46 BOS- Mark Recchi (11)Saku Koivu (19), Shayne Corson (5)6–110:16 MTL
Jozef Stumpel (7)Mattias Timander (8), Brett Harkins (3)6–218:56 BOS ·
Team stats
MTLBOS
3437
0%0%
0/41/4
2333
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:53 into the first period
Don Sweeney · holding2 min - 8:57 into the first period
David Wilkie · high sticking2 min - 14:20 into the first periodJeff Odgers · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:05 into the first periodSteve Heinze · holding obstruction2 min
- 2:35 into the second periodTroy Mallette · fighting5 min
- 2:35 into the second periodTroy Mallette · misconduct10 min
- 2:35 into the second periodMurray Baron · fighting5 min
- 8:42 into the second periodBarry Richter · tripping2 min
- 14:10 into the second periodScott Thornton · hooking obstruction2 min
- 1:47 into the third periodDavid Wilkie · holding the stick2 min
- 9:10 into the third periodJeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 9:10 into the third periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
- 17:22 into the third periodJeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 17:22 into the third periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
- 17:22 into the third periodChris Murray · fighting5 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
Boston Bruins
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 65Brett HarkinsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 47Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 25Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Clayton BeddoesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 46Barry RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 39Scott BaileyG | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |