Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, December 16, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Monday, December 16, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Lightning outshot the Canadiens 41–24.
Chris Gratton scored twice. John Cullen, Stephane Quintal, Stephane Richer and Mikael Andersson also scored.
Rick Tabaracci made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 37 of 40.
Scoring
2nd period
John Cullen (7)Unassisted1–002:59 TBL
Stephane Quintal (5)Peter Popovic (5)1–104:42 MTL
3rd period
Chris Gratton (11)Igor Ulanov (2)2–113:47 TBL
Stephane Richer (12)Brian Savage (20), Peter Popovic (6)2–216:04 MTL
Mikael Andersson (2)Rob Zamuner (16)3–218:00 TBL · - Chris Gratton (12)Rob Zamuner (17), Mikael Andersson (5)4–219:41 TBL ·
Team stats
TBLMTL
4124
0%0%
0/30/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:49 into the first period
Rob Zamuner · holding2 min - 15:47 into the first period
Murray Baron · tripping2 min - 19:00 into the first periodDavid Shaw · interference2 min
- 8:15 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodMurray Baron · high sticking2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodMurray Baron · high sticking2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodChris Gratton · roughing2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodDarcy Tucker · roughing2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodJohn Cullen · roughing2 min
- 16:28 into the third periodCory Cross · holding2 min
- 19:48 into the third periodDarcy Tucker · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Pierre SevignyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 40 | 3 | .925 |