Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Wednesday, April 9, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Wednesday, April 9, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 29–28.
Goals came from Vladimir Malakhov, Claude Lapointe, Shayne Corson and Martin Rucinsky.
Jocelyn Thibault made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Malakhov (10)Valeri Bure (21), Vincent Damphousse (54)1–018:36 MTL ·
3rd period
Claude Lapointe (11)Randy Wood (4)1–101:46 NYI · 
Shayne Corson (7)Mark Recchi (44), Saku Koivu (38)2–115:27 MTL · 
Martin Rucinsky (28)Benoit Brunet (13)3–119:00 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLNYI
2829
0%0%
2/60/6
2131
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:14 into the first period
Stephane Quintal · holding2 min - 3:21 into the first periodDarcy Tucker · fighting5 min
- 3:21 into the first period
Dan Plante · fighting5 min - 6:41 into the first periodTravis Green · holding obstruction2 min
- 13:30 into the first periodBrian Savage · holding2 min
- 17:50 into the first periodRobert Reichel · interference2 min
- 18:03 into the first periodClaude Lapointe · charging2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodStephane Quintal · roughing2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodSaku Koivu · roughing2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodBryan Smolinski · charging2 min
- 13:00 into the second periodShayne Corson · interference2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodPatrice Brisebois · cross checking2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodNiklas Andersson · tripping2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodNiklas Andersson · misconduct10 min
- 5:05 into the third periodClaude Lapointe · interference2 min
- 5:51 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 5:51 into the third periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 10:11 into the third periodVladimir Malakhov · tripping obstruction2 min
- 15:00 into the third periodSteve Webb · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |