Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 19, 1997 · Madison Square Garden

5–4

39–31

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Wednesday, March 19, 1997 at Madison Square Garden. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 39–31.

Goals came from Brian Savage, Stephane Quintal, Russ Courtnall, Adam Graves, Benoit Brunet, Wayne Gretzky, Martin Rucinsky, Brian Leetch and Vincent Damphousse.

Goals
MTL	2	1	2	5	39
NYR	0	3	1	4	31

Scoring

1st period

Brian Savage (23)Peter Popovic (12)1–000:35 MTL
Stephane Quintal (6)Brian Savage (36), Mark Recchi (39)2–005:28 MTL

2nd period

Russ Courtnall (10)Alexander Karpovtsev (27), Mark Messier (44)2–100:47 NYR ·
Adam Graves (30)Mark Messier (45), Russ Courtnall (21)2–205:17 NYR ·
Benoit Brunet (9)Dave Manson (18), Vincent Damphousse (49)3–211:45 MTL ·
Wayne Gretzky (21)Niklas Sundstrom (25), Bill Berg (5)3–316:03 NYR

3rd period

Martin Rucinsky (24)Vincent Damphousse (50), Benoit Brunet (8)4–305:03 MTL
Brian Leetch (19)Patrick Flatley (11), Mike Eastwood (7)4–409:00 NYR
Vincent Damphousse (24)Valeri Bure (17), Martin Rucinsky (24)5–410:08 MTL

Team stats

MTLNYR

3931

0%0%

1/52/5

3929

Penalties

1:29 into the first periodStephane Richer · tripping2 min
4:28 into the first periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
4:28 into the first periodDarren Langdon · fighting5 min
16:08 into the first periodEric Cairns · cross checking2 min
19:12 into the first periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
19:12 into the first periodStephane Quintal · game misconduct10 min
19:12 into the first periodMark Recchi · cross checking2 min
19:12 into the first periodMark Recchi · roughing2 min
19:12 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
19:12 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
4:51 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
5:54 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · tripping2 min
9:59 into the second periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
9:59 into the second periodBill Berg · roughing2 min
9:59 into the second periodEric Cairns · fighting5 min
18:48 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · cross checking2 min
18:48 into the second periodValeri Bure · roughing2 min
18:48 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
2:53 into the third periodWayne Gretzky · hooking2 min
5:29 into the third periodPeter Popovic · holding2 min
15:49 into the third periodBrian Leetch · holding2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

Season series