Friday, March 22, 1996 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Canadiens 4 at Sabres 1
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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17:50
Pierre Turgeon (35) PPG Mark Recchi (47), Turner Stevenson (14) MTL 1 – 0 BUF
2nd Period
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3:47
Vincent Damphousse (32) PPG Martin Rucinsky (38), Pierre Turgeon (48) MTL 2 – 0 BUF
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4:31
Jason Dawe (18) Brad May (26), Mark Astley (15) MTL 2 – 1 BUF
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7:32
Mark Recchi (23) Peter Popovic (11), Andrei Kovalenko (24) MTL 3 – 1 BUF
3rd Period
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19:52
Pierre Turgeon (36) Marc Bureau (6), David Wilkie (2) MTL 4 – 1 BUF
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Turgeon C | 2 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 2.65 |
| Mark Recchi R | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1.83 |
| David Wilkie D | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0.93 |
| Marc Bureau C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Andrei Kovalenko R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Peter Popovic D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Martin Rucinsky L | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Turner Stevenson R | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Valeri Bure R | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.45 |
| Vincent Damphousse C | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.38 |
| Brian Savage L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Patrice Brisebois D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Saku Koivu C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Chris Murray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.75 |
| Lyle Odelein D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.83 |
| Donald Brashear L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.13 |
| Craig Rivet D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Jablonski | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 60:00 | 1.45 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Dawe R | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 1.20 |
| Brad May L | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Mark Astley D | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.48 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Pat LaFontaine C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Garry Galley D | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0.00 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.08 |
| Rob Conn R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.15 |
| Randy Burridge L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Brent Hughes L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.13 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.43 |
| Scott Pearson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | L | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 58:59 | 1.05 |