Thursday, December 26, 1996 · Civic Arena
Canadiens 3 at Penguins 3
Final/OT
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
11:14
Scott Thornton
(5)
Jassen Cullimore (1)
MTL 1 – 0 PIT
-
13:19
Mark Recchi
(16)
Unassisted
MTL 2 – 0 PIT
-
14:30
Scott Thornton
(6)
Darcy Tucker (3), Turner Stevenson (5)
MTL 3 – 0 PIT
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
-
10:32
Tomas Sandstrom
(5)
Ron Francis (29), J.J. Daigneault (12)
MTL 3 – 1 PIT
-
12:40
Jaromir Jagr
(33)
PPG
Petr Nedved (18), Ron Francis (30)
MTL 3 – 2 PIT
-
14:35
Mario Lemieux
(24)
Petr Nedved (19), Glen Murray (6)
MTL 3 – 3 PIT
Overtime
No scoring
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Thornton L | 2 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 1.80 |
| Mark Recchi R | 1 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 1.28 |
| Turner Stevenson R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1.00 |
| Jassen Cullimore D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0.85 |
| Darcy Tucker R | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Vincent Damphousse C | 0 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 0.53 |
| Martin Rucinsky L | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Brian Savage L | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0.38 |
| Patrice Brisebois D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Peter Popovic D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Valeri Bure R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Stephane Richer R | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.07 |
| Sebastien Bordeleau C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| David Wilkie D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Benoit Brunet L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Murray Baron D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Craig Rivet D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.23 |
| Shayne Corson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | T | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 65:00 | 0.95 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux C | 1 | 0 | 11 | +1 | 1.73 |
| Petr Nedved C | 0 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 1.70 |
| Ron Francis C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 |
| Tomas Sandstrom R | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.13 |
| J.J. Daigneault D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1.00 |
| Jaromir Jagr R | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.83 |
| Glen Murray R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Joe Dziedzic L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Fredrik Olausson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Stu Barnes C | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0.00 |
| Alek Stojanov R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tyler Wright C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kevin Hatcher D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Craig Muni D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jason Woolley D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Dave Roche L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Francois Leroux D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Alex Hicks L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.75 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Wregget | — | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 44:05 | 0.75 |
| Patrick Lalime | T | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 20:55 | 0.40 |