Montréal Canadiens vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Friday, December 6, 1996 · United Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 on Friday, December 6, 1996 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Canadiens 28–27.
Goals came from Scott Thornton, Chris Chelios, Marc Bureau and Valeri Bure.
Pat Jablonski made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ed Belfour stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Thornton (4)Marc Bureau (6), Turner Stevenson (3)1–002:14 MTL
2nd period
Chris Chelios (4)Eric Weinrich (7), Alexei Zhamnov (19)1–102:38 CHI ·
3rd period
Marc Bureau (5)Peter Popovic (4), Brian Savage (16)2–113:43 MTL
Valeri Bure (4)Vincent Damphousse (18), Martin Rucinsky (12)3–117:36 MTL
Team stats
MTLCHI
2728
0%0%
0/21/2
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 20:00 into the first period
Eric Weinrich · interference2 min - 2:14 into the second period
Vincent Damphousse · hooking2 min - 6:01 into the second periodJim Cummins · fighting5 min
- 6:01 into the second periodChris Murray · fighting5 min
- 8:01 into the second periodMark Recchi · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodKevin Miller · interference2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodEnrico Ciccone · fighting5 min
- 11:22 into the second periodChris Murray · fighting5 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Pierre SevignyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 26Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Eric DazeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 46Tuomas GronmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ed BelfourG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | – |