Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, November 25, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 on Monday, November 25, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 31–30.
Brian Savage scored twice. Mark Recchi, Chris Gratton, Saku Koivu and Rob Zamuner also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Brian Savage (10)Unassisted0–100:06 MTL- Brian Savage (11)Saku Koivu (21), Mark Recchi (17)0–201:26 MTL
Mark Recchi (12)Saku Koivu (22)0–308:51 MTL
Chris Gratton (8)Dino Ciccarelli (6), Rob Zamuner (9)1–318:41 TBL
3rd period
Saku Koivu (11)Brian Savage (13), David Wilkie (8)1–410:08 MTL · 
Rob Zamuner (4)Dino Ciccarelli (7), Chris Gratton (5)2–410:30 TBL
Team stats
TBLMTL
3130
0%0%
0/61/5
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:56 into the first period
Vladimir Malakhov · hooking2 min - 4:25 into the first periodMartin Rucinsky · closing hand on puck2 min
- 13:53 into the first period
Patrick Poulin · boarding2 min - 4:44 into the second periodIgor Ulanov · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodSaku Koivu · tripping2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodStephane Richer · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:48 into the second periodPeter Popovic · holding obstruction2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodJason Wiemer · kneeing2 min
- 11:38 into the third periodIgor Ulanov · hooking2 min
- 11:44 into the third periodBrian Savage · high sticking2 min
- 19:18 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |