Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens 4-2, Dec 16, 1996: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Tampa Bay Lightning

4

Montreal Canadiens

2

Final · Bell Centre

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
TB	0	1	3	4
MTL	0	1	1	2

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Dec 16, 1996 at Bell Centre.

Top performers

Mikael Andersson
Mikael Andersson had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Lightning.
Rick Tabaracci
Rick Tabaracci made 22 saves on 24 shots for the Lightning.
Peter Popovic
Peter Popovic had 2 assists for the Canadiens.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 37 saves on 40 shots for the Canadiens.

Before and after

Lightning · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 14, 1996: NYI 1, TB 4 · Next Dec 18, 1996: TB 3, BUF 5
Canadiens · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 14, 1996: MTL 3, NJ 3 · Next Dec 21, 1996: NYR 3, MTL 2

Other Lightning vs Canadiens games

Other Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens games

Jan 30, 1997	MTL at TB	4-1	Regular
Dec 28, 1996	MTL at TB	4-4	Regular
Nov 25, 1996	TB at MTL	2-4	Regular
May 3, 2026	MTL at TB	2-1	Playoffs
May 1, 2026	TB at MTL	1-0	Playoffs
Apr 29, 2026	MTL at TB	3-2	Playoffs

Tampa Bay Lightning box score

Skaters

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters, Dec 16, 1996

Mikael Andersson	1	1	2	2	1	0	0:00
Rob Zamuner	0	2	2	0	3	2	0:00
Igor Ulanov	0	1	1	2	2	0	0:00
Barry Cullen	1	0	1	2	6	2	0:00
Roman Hamrlik	0	0	0	2	6	0	0:00
Dino Ciccarelli	0	0	0	0	2	2	0:00
Shawn Burr	0	0	0	1	4	0	0:00
Bill Houlder	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
David Shaw	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0:00
Daymond Langkow	0	0	0	1	2	0	0:00
Craig Wolanin	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Brian Bradley	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Cory Cross	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0:00
Rudy Poeschek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Patrick Poulin	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Brantt Myhres	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Drew Bannister	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Team	2	4	6	9	37	10

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies, Dec 16, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Rick Tabaracci	24	22	2	.917	60:00

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Dec 16, 1996

Peter Popovic	0	2	2	2	2	0	0:00
Stephane Richer	1	0	1	0	3	0	0:00
Stephane Quintal	1	0	1	2	1	0	0:00
Brian Savage	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Mark Recchi	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Patrice Brisebois	0	0	0	-3	3	0	0:00
Vincent Damphousse	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0:00
Scott Thornton	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Martin Rucinsky	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0:00
Murray Baron	0	0	0	-2	0	6	0:00
Darcy Tucker	0	0	0	-3	1	4	0:00
Vladimir Malakhov	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Turner Stevenson	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Valeri Bure	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Sebastien Bordeleau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
David Wilkie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	2	3	5	-11	24	10

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Dec 16, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault	40	37	3	.925	58:49

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%