Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, January 6, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Monday, January 6, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 30–26.
Andrew Cassels scored twice and Vincent Damphousse scored a hat trick. David Wilkie, Chris Murray, Stu Grimson and Sami Kapanen also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jason Muzzatti stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
David Wilkie (3)Scott Thornton (4), Darcy Tucker (5)0–105:29 MTL · 
Andrew Cassels (11)Glen Wesley (15), Geoff Sanderson (18)1–115:17 HFD · 
Chris Murray (3)Craig Rivet (2)1–215:54 MTL
2nd period
Stu Grimson (2)Kent Manderville (1), Glen Wesley (16)2–202:40 HFD
Vincent Damphousse (17)Brian Savage (26), Mark Recchi (26)2–303:08 MTL- Andrew Cassels (12)Geoff Sanderson (19)3–313:52 HFD
3rd period
Sami Kapanen (6)Steven Rice (8), Keith Primeau (14)4–305:18 HFD- Vincent Damphousse (18)Peter Popovic (9), Brian Savage (27)4–418:07 MTL
- Vincent Damphousse (19)Mark Recchi (27)4–519:56 MTL
Team stats
HFDMTL
3026
0%0%
1/51/6
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:53 into the first period
Vincent Damphousse · hooking obstruction2 min - 3:33 into the first period
Curtis Leschyshyn · holding obstruction2 min - 6:57 into the first periodJassen Cullimore · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 7:48 into the first periodGeoff Sanderson · boarding2 min
- 14:03 into the first periodScott Thornton · cross checking2 min
- 17:44 into the first periodChris Murray · high sticking2 min
- 4:01 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:39 into the second periodGerald Diduck · holding2 min
- 6:34 into the third periodPeter Popovic · slashing2 min
- 8:35 into the third periodAdam Burt · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:37 into the third periodSami Kapanen · cross checking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 47Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Pierre SevignyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Eric HoudeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |