Montréal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 1996 · Ice Palace
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (17)Roman Hamrlik (13), John Cullen (21)0–102:08 TBL · 
Alexander Selivanov (9)Paul Ysebaert (1), Brian Bradley (10)0–204:05 TBL
Valeri Bure (6)Vincent Damphousse (20), Brian Savage (21)1–210:55 MTL- Valeri Bure (7)Mark Recchi (22), Stephane Quintal (8)2–215:59 MTL ·
2nd period
Jeff Toms (1)John Cullen (22), Dino Ciccarelli (13)2–305:33 TBL
Benoit Brunet (4)Brian Savage (22), Patrice Brisebois (11)3–308:55 MTL · 
John Cullen (9)Alexander Selivanov (3), Roman Hamrlik (14)3–410:43 TBL ·
3rd period
- Benoit Brunet (5)Brian Savage (23), Stephane Richer (11)4–410:18 MTL
Team stats
MTLTBL
3334
0%0%
2/62/3
1218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Patrice Brisebois · slashing2 min - 14:31 into the first period
Rob Zamuner · tripping2 min - 19:10 into the first periodRob Zamuner · holding2 min
- 7:35 into the second periodBrian Bradley · roughing2 min
- 9:14 into the second periodMurray Baron · holding2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodRudy Poeschek · boarding2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodChris Gratton · spearing double minor4 min
- 11:36 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · tripping2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · hooking2 min
- 3:07 into the third periodPatrice Brisebois · high sticking2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodStephane Quintal · roughing2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodAlexander Selivanov · roughing2 min
- 3:50 into overtimeTurner Stevenson · roughing2 min
- 3:50 into overtimeIgor Ulanov · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 15 | 4 | .733 | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | T | 19 | 0 | 1.000 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 12John CullenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | T | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |