New York Rangers vs Montreal Canadiens 3-2, Dec 21, 1996: Box Score | AskScores

New York Rangers

3

Montreal Canadiens

2

Final/OT · Bell Centre

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	0	2	0	1	3
MTL	1	1	0	0	2

The New York Rangers beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Dec 21, 1996 at Bell Centre.

Top performers

Niklas Sundstrom
Niklas Sundstrom had 1 goal and 2 assists for the Rangers.
Mike Richter
Mike Richter made 27 saves on 29 shots for the Rangers.
Mark Recchi
Mark Recchi had 1 goal for the Canadiens.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 22 saves on 25 shots for the Canadiens.

Before and after

Rangers · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 18, 1996: LA 0, NYR 4 · Next Dec 22, 1996: FLA 3, NYR 7
Canadiens · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 16, 1996: TB 4, MTL 2 · Next Dec 23, 1996: OTT 6, MTL 0

Other Rangers vs Canadiens games

Other New York Rangers vs Montreal Canadiens games

Mar 19, 1997	MTL at NYR	5-4	Regular
Dec 1, 1996	MTL at NYR	2-6	Regular
Oct 12, 1996	NYR at MTL	2-5	Regular
Apr 2, 2026	MTL at NYR	3-2	Regular
Dec 13, 2025	MTL at NYR	4-5	Regular
Oct 18, 2025	NYR at MTL	4-3	Regular

New York Rangers box score

Skaters

New York Rangers skaters, Dec 21, 1996

Wayne Gretzky	0	3	3	2	5	2	0:00
Niklas Sundstrom	1	2	3	2	1	0	0:00
Luc Robitaille	1	0	1	2	5	0	0:00
Ulf Samuelsson	1	0	1	2	2	2	0:00
Alexander Karpovtsev	0	1	1	2	0	0	0:00
Mark Messier	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Alex Kovalev	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Brian Leetch	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Adam Graves	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Doug Lidster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Bruce Driver	0	0	0	0	4	0	0:00
Patrick Flatley	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Jeff Beukeboom	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Brian Noonan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Shane Churla	0	0	0	0	0	5	0:00
Sergei Nemchinov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Bill Berg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Daniel Goneau	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Team	3	6	9	10	25	13

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

Goalies

New York Rangers goalies, Dec 21, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Mike Richter	29	27	2	.931	60:32

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Dec 21, 1996

Mark Recchi	1	0	1	-2	1	0	0:00
Patrice Brisebois	0	1	1	-2	1	0	0:00
Vincent Damphousse	1	0	1	0	6	0	0:00
Stephane Richer	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0:00
Martin Rucinsky	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Vladimir Malakhov	0	1	1	0	5	0	0:00
Scott Thornton	0	0	0	0	1	7	0:00
Stephane Quintal	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Jassen Cullimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Murray Baron	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Turner Stevenson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Brian Savage	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Valeri Bure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Peter Popovic	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Sebastien Bordeleau	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
David Wilkie	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Chris Murray	0	0	0	0	1	4	0:00
Pierre Sevigny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	2	4	6	-10	29	11

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

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Dec 21, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault	25	22	3	.880	60:42

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%