Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars 6-4, Jan 1, 1997: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Montreal Canadiens

6

4

Final · Reunion Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	1	3	6
DAL	0	2	2	4

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Jan 1, 1997 at Reunion Arena.

Top performers

Mark Recchi
Mark Recchi had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Canadiens.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 32 saves on 36 shots for the Canadiens.
Joe Nieuwendyk
Joe Nieuwendyk had 2 goals for the Stars.
Arturs Irbe
Arturs Irbe made 13 saves on 18 shots for the Stars.

Before and after

Canadiens · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 29, 1996: MTL 2, FLA 1 · Next Jan 2, 1997: MTL 2, STL 2
Stars · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 30, 1996: NYR 3, DAL 2 · Next Jan 3, 1997: DAL 2, DET 1

Other Canadiens vs Stars games

Other Montreal Canadiens vs Dallas Stars games

Jan 13, 1997	DAL at MTL	2-1	Regular
Jan 4, 2026	MTL at DAL	4-3	Regular
Nov 13, 2025	DAL at MTL	7-0	Regular
Jan 16, 2025	MTL at DAL	3-1	Regular
Jan 11, 2025	DAL at MTL	2-1	Regular
Feb 10, 2024	DAL at MTL	3-2	Regular

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Jan 1, 1997

Mark Recchi	1	1	2	2	2	0	0:00
Vincent Damphousse	1	1	2	2	5	0	0:00
Stephane Richer	0	2	2	0	1	0	0:00
Turner Stevenson	1	1	2	0	1	0	0:00
Brian Savage	1	1	2	3	5	4	0:00
Patrice Brisebois	1	0	1	2	1	0	0:00
Craig Rivet	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Darcy Tucker	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0:00
Peter Popovic	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Sebastien Bordeleau	0	1	1	0	0	0	0:00
Chris Murray	1	0	1	0	1	0	0:00
Eric Houde	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Stephane Quintal	0	0	0	0	0	5	0:00
Jassen Cullimore	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Murray Baron	0	0	0	2	1	0	0:00
Benoit Brunet	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0:00
David Wilkie	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Pierre Sevigny	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	6	11	17	9	20	15

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

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Jan 1, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault	36	32	4	.889	60:00

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

Dallas Stars box score

Skaters

Dallas Stars skaters, Jan 1, 1997

Joe Nieuwendyk	2	0	2	0	8	2	0:00
Grant Ledyard	0	2	2	0	0	0	0:00
Brent Gilchrist	0	2	2	2	2	0	0:00
Jamie Langenbrunner	0	1	1	-3	3	0	0:00
Dave Reid	0	1	1	0	0	0	0:00
Darryl Sydor	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0:00
Todd Harvey	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Grant Marshall	0	1	1	0	0	7	0:00
Mike Modano	0	0	0	-2	5	2	0:00
Pat Verbeek	0	0	0	-4	1	0	0:00
Guy Carbonneau	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0:00
Craig Ludwig	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Sergei Zubov	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Benoit Hogue	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Bob Bassen	0	0	0	1	0	2	0:00
Richard Matvichuk	0	0	0	1	3	2	0:00
Mike Lalor	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Team	3	8	11	-10	32	17

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

Goalies

Dallas Stars goalies, Jan 1, 1997

Arturs Irbe	18	13	5	.722	49:56
Roman Turek	2	1	1	.500	9:23
Team	20	14	6	1.222

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