Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1996 · Civic Arena
Scoring
1st period
Scott Thornton (5)Jassen Cullimore (1)1–011:14 MTL
Mark Recchi (16)Unassisted2–013:19 MTL- Scott Thornton (6)Darcy Tucker (3), Turner Stevenson (5)3–014:30 MTL
3rd period
Tomas Sandstrom (5)Ron Francis (29), J.J. Daigneault (12)3–110:32 PIT
Jaromir Jagr (33)Petr Nedved (18), Ron Francis (30)3–212:40 PIT · 
Mario Lemieux (24)Petr Nedved (19), Glen Murray (6)3–314:35 PIT
Team stats
MTLPIT
3735
0%0%
0/21/4
139
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:03 into the first period
Alex Hicks · boarding2 min - 18:07 into the first period
Craig Rivet · fighting5 min - 18:07 into the first periodAlex Hicks · fighting5 min
- 18:27 into the first periodShayne Corson · cross checking2 min
- 4:55 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodScott Thornton · interference obstruction2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodJassen Cullimore · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:15 into the third periodMurray Baron · cross checking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | T | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 11 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 33 | 3 | .909 | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | T | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |