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Monday, December 16, 1996 · Centre Molson

Lightning 4 at Canadiens 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 56OVR Mikael Andersson Lightning First Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG D 76OVR Peter Popovic Canadiens Second Star 2A · 2 SOG C 81OVR Chris Gratton Lightning Third Star 2G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 2:59 John Cullen (7) Unassisted TBL 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 4:42 Stephane Quintal (5) Peter Popovic (5) TBL 1 – 1 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 13:47 Chris Gratton (11) Igor Ulanov (2) TBL 2 – 1 MTL
  2. 16:04 Stephane Richer (12) Brian Savage (20), Peter Popovic (6) TBL 2 – 2 MTL
  3. 18:00 Mikael Andersson (2) SHG Rob Zamuner (16) TBL 3 – 2 MTL
  4. 19:41 Chris Gratton (12) Rob Zamuner (17), Mikael Andersson (5) TBL 4 – 2 MTL

Tampa Bay Lightning

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mikael Andersson R 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Chris Gratton C 2 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.65
John Cullen C 1 0 6 0 0 +2 0:00 1.35
Rob Zamuner L 0 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.33
Igor Ulanov D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 6 0 0 +2 0:00 0.75
Shawn Burr L 0 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.45
Daymond Langkow C 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Bill Houlder D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Brian Bradley C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Patrick Poulin L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Craig Wolanin D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Drew Bannister D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Dino Ciccarelli R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rudy Poeschek D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Brantt Myhres R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Cory Cross D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
David Shaw D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rick Tabaracci W 24 22 2 .917 60:00 0.70

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Peter Popovic D 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Stephane Quintal D 1 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.13
Stephane Richer R 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Brian Savage L 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Mark Recchi R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Valeri Bure R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Pierre Sevigny L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Chris Murray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Vincent Damphousse C 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Sebastien Bordeleau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
David Wilkie D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Scott Thornton L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Turner Stevenson R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Vladimir Malakhov D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Martin Rucinsky L 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Patrice Brisebois D 0 0 3 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.22
Darcy Tucker R 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.68
Murray Baron D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.75
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jocelyn Thibault L 40 37 3 .925 58:49 1.45