Montréal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, January 1, 1997 · Reunion Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 6–4 on Wednesday, January 1, 1997 at Reunion Arena. The Stars outshot the Canadiens 36–20.
Joe Nieuwendyk scored twice. Vincent Damphousse, Chris Murray, Jere Lehtinen, Darryl Sydor, Mark Recchi, Brian Savage, Patrice Brisebois and Turner Stevenson also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Vincent Damphousse (13)Mark Recchi (24), Peter Popovic (8)1–007:38 MTL · 
Chris Murray (2)Turner Stevenson (6), Eric Houde (1)2–014:27 MTL
2nd period
Jere Lehtinen (7)Grant Ledyard (8), Brent Gilchrist (10)2–102:28 DAL
Darryl Sydor (3)Todd Harvey (4), Grant Ledyard (9)2–216:29 DAL
Mark Recchi (17)Vincent Damphousse (21), Craig Rivet (1)3–217:19 MTL
3rd period
Joe Nieuwendyk (10)Jamie Langenbrunner (12), Brent Gilchrist (11)3–304:11 DAL- Joe Nieuwendyk (11)Dave Reid (11), Grant Marshall (3)3–405:56 DAL
Brian Savage (14)Sebastien Bordeleau (2), Stephane Richer (12)4–407:40 MTL
Patrice Brisebois (2)Stephane Richer (13), Brian Savage (25)5–409:56 MTL
Turner Stevenson (1)Darcy Tucker (4)6–414:45 MTL
Team stats
MTLDAL
2036
0%0%
0/30/2
1517
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:43 into the first period
Jassen Cullimore · tripping obstruction2 min - 10:22 into the first period
Mike Modano · hooking obstruction2 min - 10:22 into the first periodRichard Matvichuk · roughing2 min
- 10:22 into the first periodBrian Savage · spearing double minor4 min
- 10:52 into the first periodGrant Marshall · fighting5 min
- 10:52 into the first periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 11:28 into the first periodGuy Carbonneau · tripping obstruction2 min
- 8:49 into the second periodGrant Marshall · high sticking2 min
- 11:46 into the second periodBob Bassen · roughing2 min
- 11:46 into the second periodDarcy Tucker · cross checking2 min
- 10:52 into the third periodJoe Nieuwendyk · holding2 min
- 15:29 into the third periodBenoit Brunet · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 20Eric HoudeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Pierre SevignyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
Dallas Stars
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Grant LedyardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Todd HarveyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave ReidL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roman TurekG | 2 | 1 | .500 | |
| 32Arturs IrbeG | L | 18 | 5 | .722 |