Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 1, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–2 on Sunday, December 1, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 49–37.
Goals came from Mark Recchi, Sergei Nemchinov, Jeff Beukeboom, Luc Robitaille, Brian Leetch, Martin Rucinsky, Wayne Gretzky and Brian Noonan.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (13)Vladimir Malakhov (13), Saku Koivu (24)1–006:52 MTL
Sergei Nemchinov (3)Patrick Flatley (4), Brian Leetch (21)1–107:45 NYR
2nd period
Jeff Beukeboom (1)Mark Messier (12)1–200:16 NYR
Luc Robitaille (8)Niklas Sundstrom (7), Wayne Gretzky (21)1–306:35 NYR
Brian Leetch (8)Mark Messier (13), Alex Kovalev (12)1–411:08 NYR
3rd period
Martin Rucinsky (11)Vincent Damphousse (16), Brian Savage (14)2–402:36 MTL
Wayne Gretzky (10)Patrick Flatley (5)2–511:54 NYR
Brian Noonan (3)Ulf Samuelsson (4), Sergei Nemchinov (9)2–612:36 NYR
Team stats
MTLNYR
3749
0%0%
0/50/3
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:13 into the first period
Bruce Driver · holding the stick2 min - 12:53 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 16:38 into the second period
Brian Savage · holding2 min - 18:35 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · holding2 min
- 8:46 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · holding2 min
- 13:37 into the third periodMark Recchi · slashing2 min
- 13:37 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · slashing2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · roughing2 min
- 17:41 into the third periodScott Thornton · holding2 min
- 19:25 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.