Chicago Blackhawks vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 on Saturday, December 7, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Blackhawks outshot the Canadiens 33–29.
Goals came from Vincent Damphousse, Tony Amonte, Jim Cummins, Valeri Bure and Saku Koivu.
Jocelyn Thibault made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jeff Hackett stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Vincent Damphousse (9)Martin Rucinsky (13), Valeri Bure (2)0–102:07 MTL
Tony Amonte (20)Chris Chelios (16), Alexei Zhamnov (20)1–110:01 CHI ·
2nd period
Jim Cummins (1)Alexei Zhamnov (21), Tony Amonte (10)2–106:07 CHI
Valeri Bure (5)Martin Rucinsky (14), Vladimir Malakhov (14)2–214:44 MTL
3rd period
Saku Koivu (13)Mark Recchi (20), Stephane Quintal (6)2–300:39 MTL
Team stats
CHIMTL
3329
0%0%
1/40/6
3935
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:18 into the first period
Enrico Ciccone · fighting5 min - 3:18 into the first period
Turner Stevenson · fighting5 min - 5:57 into the first periodDenis Savard · interference2 min
- 6:49 into the first periodChris Chelios · high sticking2 min
- 9:18 into the first periodMark Recchi · hooking obstruction2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodJim Cummins · roughing2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodJim Cummins · fighting5 min
- 15:15 into the first periodChris Murray · fighting5 min
- 17:44 into the first periodJeff Shantz · cross checking2 min
- 3:47 into the second periodJim Cummins · boarding2 min
- 6:37 into the second periodStephane Quintal · holding the stick2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodBob Probert · roughing2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodStephane Quintal · roughing2 min
- 15:57 into the third periodMark Recchi · slashing2 min
- 17:02 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodChris Chelios · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodAlexei Zhamnov · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodMark Recchi · fighting5 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Tony AmonteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Eric DazeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 46Tuomas GronmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ed BelfourG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jeff HackettG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 18Valeri BureR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 15Pierre SevignyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |