New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 1996 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, December 21, 1996 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 29–25.
Goals came from Mark Recchi, Ulf Samuelsson, Vincent Damphousse, Niklas Sundstrom and Luc Robitaille.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (15)Stephane Richer (10), Patrice Brisebois (10)0–106:07 MTL
2nd period
Ulf Samuelsson (3)Wayne Gretzky (35), Niklas Sundstrom (11)1–109:16 NYR
Vincent Damphousse (10)Vladimir Malakhov (15), Martin Rucinsky (15)1–215:28 MTL · 
Niklas Sundstrom (13)Wayne Gretzky (36), Alexander Karpovtsev (16)2–218:33 NYR
Overtime
Luc Robitaille (14)Wayne Gretzky (37), Niklas Sundstrom (12)3–200:42 NYR
Team stats
NYRMTL
2529
0%0%
0/41/4
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:25 into the first period
Chris Murray · cross checking2 min - 15:22 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · elbowing2 min - 18:02 into the first periodScott Thornton · cross checking2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodBrian Leetch · hooking2 min
- 1:29 into the second periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
- 1:29 into the second periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
- 4:53 into the second periodChris Murray · high sticking2 min
- 14:04 into the second periodAlex Kovalev · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:27 into the third periodWayne Gretzky · roughing2 min
- 15:20 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.