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Monday, April 1, 1996 · Centre Molson

Sabres 6 at Canadiens 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 95OVR Pat LaFontaine Sabres First Star 2G · 2A · 3 SOG L 88OVR Randy Burridge Sabres Second Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG R 92OVR Mark Recchi Canadiens Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:38 Brian Holzinger (9) PPG Garry Galley (42), Pat LaFontaine (45) BUF 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 8:08 Pat LaFontaine (36) Jason Dawe (22), Mike Wilson (7) BUF 2 – 0 MTL
  3. 12:47 Mike Wilson (4) PPG Randy Burridge (29), Darryl Shannon (13) BUF 3 – 0 MTL
  4. 19:13 Andrei Kovalenko (28) Pierre Turgeon (55) BUF 3 – 1 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 4:12 Pat LaFontaine (37) Matthew Barnaby (16), Brad May (28) BUF 4 – 1 MTL
  2. 7:54 Valeri Bure (19) PPG David Wilkie (5), Mark Recchi (50) BUF 4 – 2 MTL
  3. 14:31 Randy Burridge (23) PPG Garry Galley (43), Derek Plante (29) BUF 5 – 2 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 9:25 Mark Recchi (27) Pierre Turgeon (56) BUF 5 – 3 MTL
  2. 18:19 Saku Koivu (19) PPG Vincent Damphousse (49), Martin Rucinsky (43) BUF 5 – 4 MTL
  3. 19:04 Jason Dawe (22) Randy Burridge (30), Pat LaFontaine (46) BUF 6 – 4 MTL

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Pat LaFontaine C 2 2 3 +3 3.43
Randy Burridge L 1 2 1 +2 2.38
Jason Dawe R 1 1 1 +2 1.75
Garry Galley D 0 2 4 +1 1.55
Mike Wilson D 1 1 1 0 1.45
Brad May L 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Matthew Barnaby R 0 1 5 +1 0.77
Derek Plante C 0 1 5 0 0.70
Darryl Shannon D 0 1 1 0 0.70
Brian Holzinger C 1 0 1 -2 0.53
Brent Hughes L 0 0 2 0 0.00
Scott Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mark Astley D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 1 0 -0.22
Michal Grosek L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Dane Jackson R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Bob Boughner D 0 0 0 0 -0.38
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 -1.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek W 50 46 4 .920 60:00 1.60

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mark Recchi R 1 1 3 +2 1.90
Pierre Turgeon C 0 2 5 +1 1.63
Andrei Kovalenko R 1 0 6 +1 1.35
David Wilkie D 0 1 8 -2 0.93
Saku Koivu C 1 0 4 -1 0.90
Valeri Bure R 1 0 6 -2 0.90
Stephane Quintal D 0 0 6 +1 0.60
Vincent Damphousse C 0 1 3 -3 0.40
Martin Rucinsky L 0 1 1 -3 0.25
Benoit Brunet L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Peter Popovic D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Marc Bureau C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Rory Fitzpatrick D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Lyle Odelein D 0 0 3 +1 -0.68
Chris Murray R 0 0 0 0 -0.75
Turner Stevenson R 0 0 0 0 -0.90
Donald Brashear L 0 0 0 0 -1.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Pat Jablonski — 4 4 0 1.000 19:20 0.40
Jocelyn Thibault L 21 16 5 .762 39:55 -2.15