New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 4, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Saturday, January 4, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 31–27.
Goals came from Stephane Richer, Darcy Tucker, Marty Mcinnis and Vincent Damphousse.
Jocelyn Thibault made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Eric Fichaud stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
2nd period
Stephane Richer (13)Sebastien Bordeleau (4), Benoit Brunet (3)0–100:42 MTL
3rd period
Darcy Tucker (3)Scott Thornton (3), Stephane Richer (14)0–208:26 MTL
Marty Mcinnis (11)Ziggy Palffy (19), Bryan Smolinski (7)1–212:09 NYI · 
Vincent Damphousse (16)Sebastien Bordeleau (5)1–318:54 MTL
Team stats
NYIMTL
2731
0%0%
1/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:03 into the first period
Randy Wood · hooking2 min - 11:27 into the first periodScott Lachance · high sticking2 min
- 11:27 into the first periodScott Lachance · high sticking2 min
- 17:57 into the first period
Jassen Cullimore · slashing2 min - 4:25 into the second periodScott Thornton · roughing2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · roughing2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodDerek King · roughing2 min
- 9:19 into the second periodKenny Jonsson · holding2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodJassen Cullimore · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Chris TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 35Tommy SaloG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Eric HoudeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |